On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 01:09:40AM -0500, Rob Browning wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron) writes: > > I tend to use make-kpkg if I'm building a kernel to use on a different > > machine than the one I'm building it on, but otherwise I usually dont. > > Kernel packages are handy if you wish to intstall the same kernel image > > on multiple machines, but since all my machines have different hardware > > in them I usually do a custom build for each. For machines I keep > > kernel source on, I'm usually happy to build a zImage without the > > overhead of packaging it and its modules too.. > > Except then reverting to the old kernel is a bigger PITA than it is if > you just happen have the old .deb lying around, especially if it's > multiple compiles of the same kernel version.
Not if you call it /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.7-foo and put the appropriate entries in lilo.conf... Mike Stone
