Subject: building a new gentoo kernel...advice please
From: Tim Jordan (timothy_jordan@labor.state.ak.us)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 09:01:58 AKST
This is going to be a first time I try this and would appreciate any
guidance.
I would like to build a new gentoo kernel. I don't want to burn down my
existing install...yet.
I have a second hard drive installed and have created a swap and primary
partition (ext3) on /dev/hdb.
My train of thought is that I can just follow the gentoo install guide,
download the appropriate tarball and start building. Then when the
time is right I can edit my grub file and boot the new kernel. I hope
I'm on the right track with this.
Questions:
Should I also make a new boot partition on /dev/hdb ~or~ can I just use
the existing boot partition on /dev/hda? I'm thinking I can just edit
the current grub.conf to point at both kernels and select which one to
boot at startup.....
Will I be able to use all the existing applications that are currently
installed after I build a new kernel and boot it? Sorry if this is
elementary, I'm still working through some basic Linux fundementals.
Any related advice is appreciated.
Good Day,
Tim
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