[ale] fallback

[chrish at ifsintl.com (Chris Hamilton)]

On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, James Patrick wrote:

> Does anyone have a good fall back plan for installing a new kernel?
> 

Example:

cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old
cp /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.old
cp /usr/src/linux/i386/arch/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map

Add a similar entry  to lilo.conf:

image = /boot/vmlinuz.old
	label = Backup
	root  = /dev/hda1
        read-only

The key is not to delete your old kernel, but to rename it and then
add an entry to lilo that will allow you to boot to that image. 

May the Force, be with you!

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Christopher Hamilton            Internal System Administrator
chrish at ifsintl.com              IFS International, Inc.