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emjaybee
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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: Multiple versions of the same kernel. Is it possible? |
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| I'm running kernel 2.6.11 on my machine. I'd like to try a test 2.6.11 kernel so I can use a tweaked config or try some patches, but I'm afraid it'll overwrite the existing modules I have in /lib/modules/. If I rename the test kernel tree to something like /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-test will that automatically generate /lib/modules/2.6.11-test ? |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: Multiple versions of the same kernel. Is it possible? |
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| emjaybee wrote: | | I'm running kernel 2.6.11 on my machine. I'd like to try a test 2.6.11 kernel so I can use a tweaked config or try some patches, but I'm afraid it'll overwrite the existing modules I have in /lib/modules/. If I rename the test kernel tree to something like /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-test will that automatically generate /lib/modules/2.6.11-test ? |
Under General Setup in menuconfig there is an option to append a local version to the kernel and modules. |
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