Build a kernel, extract from build dir without 'make install'?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ryan Martin <ryan at lumeta.com> writes:

> I'm trying to build a kernel that will be installed on target systems
> via sysinstall+PXE Netboot, but due to the possible impact of some of
> its customizations I do not want it to install as the kernel on the
> system on which it is being developed/built. Is there a convenient way
> to collect all the kmods and such from the sys/compile/ID directory
> without using 'make install'?

That's what $DESTDIR is for.