compile kernel in KDE?

[Kurt Wall]

Quoth Tony Alfrey:
> 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?

Of course you can do this. The loaded modules are still loaded,
so copying over their disk images is not a problem. I did this
once a few years ago - built a new kernel and modules, installed
both, and then left the original kernel running another 40-odd days.
Being drunk at the time, I forgot about building a new kernel.
Imagine my surprise when my box booted to a new kernel of which I 
had no recollection. ;-)

Kurt
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