Fedora and Manjaro

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Special considerations for Fedora and Manjaro



Most Linux distributions have stable names for their Linux kernel and initrd files. Links are automatically set up each time the kernel is updated.  The link names stay the same and you can rely on their location.


For some reason, Fedora and Manjaro don’t set up stable link names. The names change with every kernel update. Grub2 requires the kernel file name in the linux command. It also needs the initrd file name in the initrd command.


I included a simple bash script which can be copied with a flash drive to run from within Fedora or Manjaro. The script must be run via sudo as it requires root privileges. It creates two link files: /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initramfs.img which point to the most recent kernel and initrd files.  


The script is called xxkernlink.sh and it is available in C:\grub2\winsource. It should be copied to your Fedora or Manjaro partition and run within Linux whenever the kernel is updated. You can run it as often as desired since it simply refreshes the links each time it is run.


















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