Hi, Helgi said it (nearly) all.
You should add something to the EXTRAVERSIONvariable in the main makefile for the kernel to save the modules of your old one. Regards Frank On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 11:01, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-12-08, FX wrote: > > I saw this on a post a while ago. > > > > But i haven't found much in the archive. > > > You didn't find this?: > <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml> > > > What i am looking for is "how to test a new kernel" > > But leaving the one i have in place. So if it does get hosed i am > > not S.O.L > > a link to an archive will do great. > > > You can always have several different kernels installed and configure > your bootloader so that you can choose which one to boot from. > > Cheers, > /HÖ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list