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Subject: Re: Backing up kernel before upgrade - 4.9 - how?
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 a@jenisch.at wrote:

> In order to have a "safety belt" I'd like to backup my current kernel
> before upgrading (i.e. "make installkernel") my newly compiled kernel.
>
> Which files do I need to back up?
>
> I thought about
>
> /kernel (file)
> /modules (directory)
>
> Anything else?
>
> TIA for your help,

"make installkernel" will rename your current kernel and modules to
kernel.old and modules.old for you.

I tend to explicitly grab a copy of configs (/etc) prior to using
mergemaster; this is purely paranoia on my part.

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