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Re: non-debian kernels -- bizzar?



On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Philip Hands wrote:

> If I install a different 2.0.30 kernel, then vmlinuz.old will not be touched, 
> but if I install a 2.0.31 one, vmlinuz.old will point to the 2.0.30 version.  
> This is actually safer than the ``current becomes old'' approach,since you 
> cannot hose your system by installing a broken kernel twice between reboots.

Two things.  First, people who install kernels must know what they do.
Second, if I recompile the kernel several times (and fear), I usually
create `/vmlinuz.stable'.

Vadik.

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