[KLUG Members] booting other kernel in grub

[Bruce Smith]

> > Well, it depends on it's name and location, which
> > hard drive and
> > partition it lives on, 
> I have simply put the bzImage file in the /boot
> directory where the other kernel currently is.
> 
> >and if it needs an initrd or
> > not.
> How do I know if an initrd file is needed? 

It's needed if you compiled anything required in the boot 
process as a module.

> There is one for the current kernel. 

You tell me.  Look at the file:   /boot/grub/grub.conf

> Can I use the same one?  

No.

What distribution are you running?

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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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