diff --git a/installKernelTarball.sh b/installKernelTarball.sh
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index 0000000..b598b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installKernelTarball.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+TARBALL="$(realpath "$1")"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$TARBALL" ]] ; then
+  echo "$TARBALL" is not a file!
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+tar --keep-directory-symlink -xf "$TARBALL" -C /
+