--- a/installkernel	2010-02-12 04:39:49.000000000 +0000
+++ b/installkernel	2010-02-12 05:38:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@
 
   cat "$2" > "$dir/$1-$ver"
 
-  # This section is for backwards compatibility only
   if test -f "$dir/$1" ; then
-    # The presence of "$dir/$1" is unusual in modern intallations, and
-    # the results are mostly unused.  So only recreate them if they
-    # already existed.
     if test -L "$dir/$1" ; then
         # If we were using links, continue to use links, updating if
         # we need to.
@@ -55,12 +51,12 @@
         else
             mv "$dir/$1" "$dir/$1.old"
         fi
-        ln -sf "$1-$ver" "$dir/$1"
     else                        # No links
         mv "$dir/$1" "$dir/$1.old"
-        cat "$2" > "$dir/$1"
     fi
   fi
+
+  ln -sf "$1-$ver" "$dir/$1"
 }
 
 if [ "$(basename $img)" = "vmlinux" ] ; then