compile kernel in KDE?

[Net Llama!]

On 07/25/03 07:55, Tony Alfrey wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Another kernel compile question.
> It seems that one may compile a kernel while still running KDE or some 
> other desktop as long as one gets out of the desktop and back to a 
> terminal before doing
> 
> make modules_install
> and moving the new kernel image to /boot
> 
> since the old kernel is still loaded and running until rebooting.
> Any remarks as to this being a Bad Thing?

You don't have to get out of anything to build & install a kernel.  Nothing 
that you're doing in building or installing the kernel is relevant until 
you reboot.


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