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Associate a Kernel and Ramdisk

There are three ways that you can associate a kernel and ramdisk with an image.
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This only applies to Linux images. Windows images do not use kernels or ramdisks.

  • You can associate a specific kernel and ramdisk identifier with an image at the euca-bundle-image step.
    euca-bundle-image -i <vm_image_file> --kernel <eki-XXXXXXXX> --ramdisk <eri-XXXXXXXX>
  • You can specific kernel and ramdisk at instance run time as an option to euca-run-instances command.
    euca-run-instances --kernel <eki-XXXXXXXX> --ramdisk <eri-XXXXXXXX> <emi-XXXXXXXX>
  • An administrator can set default registered kernel and ramdisk identifiers that will be used if a kernel and ramdisk are unspecified by either of the other options.