installing a new kernel with other OSes present

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

hey all,

yesterday i tried to roll a customized kernel and install it on this
machine i'm bringing up.  however, it has both a redhat and a windoze
partition also sitting on the box, and i need to keep both of those
(although i may have already trashed them -- oops).  but i need to try
:)

before when i've rolled and installed my own kernel with debian, it's
been a breeze -- roll the thing; install it with dpkg; reboot and
you're golden.  this time, though, it asked me some questions about
where to put what, and other OSes, that i answered as best i could ...
but upon rebooting, i had screwed up my MBR -- i got a screenful of
1's and 0's.

how can i avoid doing this a second time?  is there a good how-to out
there on installing a kernel when you want to keep your other OS
partitions?

thanks!

</nori>

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