Re: [ILUG] kernel upgrade

From: Kenn Humborg (kenn at domain linux.ie)
Date: Thu 20 Jul 2000 - 21:55:36 IST


On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 09:48:06PM +0100, Alan Sobey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 06:24:39PM +0100, SP K wrote:
> > hey again, ive been having trouble booting my new
> > kernel, i get
...
> mv /lib/modules/<target-kernel-version>/ /lib/modules/<target-kernel-version>.old/
>
> make modules_install

This is not a good idea if you are re-compiling the same kernel that ships
with your distribution. If you don't get the modules compiled right, you
may have trouble booting the old kernel again.

Instead, edit /usr/src/linux/Makefile and change EXTRAVERSION to
something like "-kh1" or "-local" or "-test". That way the
modules will go into /lib/modules/x.y.zz-test/ and will be
kept separate from your distribution's modules.

Remember, safety first...

Later,
Kenn



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