New Kernel Survival Strategies

[Janina Sajka]

Well, since we're on the subject of new kernel strategies, I've changed 
the subject line.

Now, I'd like to modestly offer my strategy.

Here's what I do:

I have three entries in my lilo.conf, previous, current, and new. These 
are the image labels. In my /boot directory, I symlink the appropriate 
vmlinuz to previous and current. New is actually symlinked to 
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage, which does work with my lilo and 
bios.

Now, when I gen a new kernel, I have to actively select it during 
boot--and I have to specify the speakup synth parm.

Previous is there mainly in case I make a mistake copying a new kernel 
into current.

PS: I use several synths on my laptop--including none. Each of these is a 
separate entry in lilo.conf pointing to current and differes only on the 
append= line, of course.

This has worked very well for me.


On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Kirk Wood wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Martin G. McCormick wrote:
> > 	I second the advice to not fear configuring kernels.  The
> > main thing is to first do no harm.  If you have a working kernel,
> > by all means, save it.  .....
> 
> Better yet, just leave it just as it is. After you compile your new kernel
> copy/move it to the /boot directory (or partition) and then make another
> entry in lilo.conf for the new kernel. You can copy everything from your
> current (hopefully working) entry changing the label and the name of the
> kernel itself. If this is the only modification, then you can boot back by
> simply doing nothing. If you want to try the new kernel hit the tab key
> right as the computer starts to boot. Then type the label for hte new
> kernel and hit enter.
> 
> Things to avoid are believing you need to name your kernel just like the
> one that is there (probably vmlinuz). This is great for making it so that
> anyone can find it. But you can always refer to lilo as well. I name mine
> with a combo of version info and other stuff (such as 2.2.17-music for
> when I configured to use the also drivers). This makes it easy for me to
> tell what was for what. I like to keep multiple kernels arround. If
> something goes goofy in hardware one may be able to get by the problem.
> 
> =======
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> 
> "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
> a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
> 	- President George Bush
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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