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From: Prashant Dongre <pdongre@opentech.stpn.soft.net>
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Sara Gronim wrote:

> Hi, this is my first time writing to this service.
>
> Can i leave my generice kernel in place, build a new custom kernel and
> then implemenet the new kernel at the boot prompt? Is this possible, smart
> or in any way less risky than implementing the new kernel and keeping a
> copy of the old one?
>
>                 -Thanx

  Answer to your question is YES..... when you get BOOT: prompt type '?' system
would show up the kernel names in the root file system. Just type the
kernel.FILENAME and system would load that kernel.

Prashant.