[6317] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Compiling & running a second kernel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen P. Molnar)
Tue Nov 26 18:12:21 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:01:40 -0500
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From: "Stephen P. Molnar" <smolnar@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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Might I suggest that you take a look at loadlin, rather than lilo. I
currently have two kernels on my box and can choose at boot time as I boot
from a DOS partition (please no flames, I'm a Chemist not a computer guru)
At 12:39 PM 11/26/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I am running RH-4.0 with the kernel patched to 2.0.25 & compiled to taste,
>& I have a masochistic urge to try 2.1.x. Am I right in thinking that I
>can do so without ruining my current setup? My plan is to download the
>source to /usr/src, temporarily link linux to the new source tree, run
>make mrproper, make xconfig (Is there any reason to prefer menuconfig or
>config?), make dep, make clean, make zImage, make modules, & make
>modules_install, then configure lilo.conf with an additional stanza to
>boot the new kernel at my pleasure. Is there any flaw in this plan? My
>understanding is that my old module setup will not be disturbed, i.e. that
>alongside the present /lib/modules/2.0.25 will be created a
>/lib/modules/2.1.x that will be there for the occasions when I want to use
>the developmental kernel.
>
>I would appreciate any and all cautions & advice. I can find other ways
>to amuse myself if the foregoing plan would endanger my current setup.
>
>David Coder <dacoder@netcom.com>
>
>
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