On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:59:26 -0000 (GMT), Raphael Mankin wrote:
In general, the answer to your question is Yes. What you would do is to
install
Debian, or whatever, in a clean partition and then build another kernel for
it.
However, in the particular case of upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 kernels, you also have to upgrade glibc, binutils and other bits and pieces. It is therefore ESSENTIAL that you do it in a clean partition. Do not try to upgrade a running system.
Thanks - I can understand that well enough. If I already have a 2.4.n and I want to make it 2.4.n+1, do I still need to have separate partition - assuming that gcc, glibc, etc., are all within the versions recommended in the sourse README?
The moral is: always build your disks with two root partitions so that you can do dangerous things without cutting your own balls off.
That seems eminently sound....
Gerald