[KLUG Members] booting other kernel in grub

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
21 Jan 2002 15:50:25 -0500


> I have built a new kernel and would like to boot it
> from the grub prompt.  I am unsure as to the command
> line construct for this however.  Anyone know how to
> do this??

Well, it depends on it's name and location, which hard drive and
partition it lives on, and if it needs an initrd or not.

You can edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add it to your menu easily.
You can use the lines for your old kernel as a template.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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