1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/install.sh b/arch/i386/boot/install.sh
index f17b40dfc0f4..5e44c736eea8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/install.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 #
 
+verify () {
+        if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+                echo ""                                                   1>&2
+                echo " *** Missing file: $1"                              1>&2
+                echo ' *** You need to run "make" before "make install".' 1>&2
+                echo ""                                                   1>&2
+                exit 1
+        fi
+}
+
+# Make sure the files actually exist
+verify "$2"
+verify "$3"
+
 # User may have a custom install script
 
 if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi