Stephen Gran on 2 Aug 2007 09:26:47 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Debian testing from kernel 2.4 to 2.6


On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:38:29PM -0400, Mike Leone said:
> Hopefully, when I reboot, and choose the new 2.6 kernel, it'll boot. If 
> not, hopefully it will boot it the (running) 2.4.27. Will it, do you think?

So long as you haven't messed with the running kernel or it's initrd,
you should be able to boot back into the running kernel and be no worse
off.

For building a kernel with make-kpkg and so on:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Good luck,
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