> If there is a problem with your new kernel and it will not boot then you are screwed >since you have no other kernel with which you can boot. > > If on the other hand you have installed your new kernel using -ivh then your old >kernel still exist and is still bootable. > > Using -ivh for all kernel installs is standard practice. > > You have been lucky thus far but luck is fickle and has a bad habit of changing, >mine usually from bad to worse. (-:
Ahh, got it, but I usually keep a boot disk around also. Never had to use it though. Anthony
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