concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

[Lev Lvovsky <lists2@sonous.com>]

What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions of kernels?  I'm currently experiencing boot problems with the latest version of the kernel, and must keep version 2.6.26-17 installed.  I'd like to install this, and the latest concurrently so that I can experiment with booting to the newer version, as well as jump back to the older version if I need to.

This is also to keep 'apt-get upgrade' from finding anything else pending.

thanks,
-lev