On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:30:29PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > in another thread (on LVM, looooong thread :)) i tried to get a 2.6 > kernel working on a machine where a 2.4.24 kernel works ok. > > Now is there a way i can test (boot) a new kernel to see what is going > to happen? > I'm tired of trying some changes, compile the kernel and rebooting. It > would be fun if you could test it without rebooting. Only thing that i > can think of is using UML? > > If this doesn't work, i think i will try to install Sarge to get a > working 2.6 kernel that way. > I will just have to look for the fastest way then to get my current > proggies and configs back. > > Regards, > Benedict > > Hi Benedict, first thought for me is also UML, with VMWare as a close second. Ok, it is not GPLed or anyhting, but for checking on the boot process of a kernel it might be useful...? That is, if you try to test a kernel with a specific hardware, VMWare is pbbly no good, but that might also apply to UML. -- Andreas Rippl -- I prefer encrypted mail
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