Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 6 May 2001 10:12:17 +0200 | | From | Lars Marowsky-Bree <> | | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r |
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On 2001-05-06T17:45:06, Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> said:
> You already have a working kernel which you want to rename to use as a > backup version. Changing EXTRAVERSION and recompiling builds a new > kernel and adds uncertainty about whether the kernel still works - did > you change anything else before recompiling?
You assign a new EXTRAVERSION to the new kernel you are building, and keep the old kernel at the old name.
Problem solved.
Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>
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