Re: Replacing running kernel

[droptchyald <debianhelp@bean-o.com>]

You also may want to check out

\etc\kernel-img.conf

from "man kernel-img.conf"

warn_reboot
             This  variable  can be used to turn off the warning given when installing a kernel image which
             is the same version as the currently running version. If the modules list is changed, the mod-
             ules  dependencies  may have been changed, and the modules for the new kernel may not run cor-
             rectly on the running kernel if the kernel ABI has changed in the meanwhile. It is a good idea
             to  reboot, and this is a note to remind you. If you know what you are doing, you can set this
             variable to no. This variable is set by default.