No question this is the best way to do it. Additionally, I would put my
stable kernel on a floppy in case something really goes bad. dd
if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0. Now you can safely play without fear.
Mike
Robbie Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/13/2000 01:32:52 PM
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Subject: Re: How to build test kernels ?
The way I do it is to compile the new kernel, edit /etc/lilo.conf and add
the new info to point to this new kernel but keep the info for the
original kernel and change it's label to something like linux-orig.
Run lilo and then when you boot yo ucan choose the new or old kernel at
the lilo prompt.
part of my lilo.conf:
image=/boot/newkernel
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda3
image=/boot/oldkernel
label=linux-orig
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda3
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Daniel Wong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a final year student doing my thesis... as part of my thesis I need
to
> build and test network
> protocols I implement which would involve rebuilding the kernel. I need
help
> on how to build
> a test kernel but not overwrite my current kernel. I also want to have
the
> option of being able
> to choose which image of the compile kernel to boot at lilo level... Can
> someone help me?
> I need to learn how to do all this very urgently so a quick response
would
> be much appreciated.
>
> Finally I need to know how much space will the kernel image take and
where
> it will reside.
>
> Thanks heaps in advance.
> ====================================================
> Daniel Wong
>
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>
> "I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers."
> -- Thomas Watson, IBM boss, 1943
>
> "640K ought to be enough for anybody."
> -- Bill Gates, Microsoft boss, 1981
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