On Sunday 18 November 2007 03:42:53 pm b.n. wrote:
> Jeff Cranmer ha scritto:
> > I have just tried to install the latest 2.6.22-r9 kernel
> > I copied the config file across from the present 2.6.17.r8 installed
> > kernel, then recompiled.
>
> [...]
>
> > Can anyone point me in the direction of why the new kernel will not boot,
> > while the old one boots fine?
>
> Didn't you run "make oldconfig" ? I don't know how safe it is to copy
> and use a .config directly between different major revisions of the kernel.
>
> m.

I did not.  What is the procedure for doing this, and what exactly does it 
accomplish?

Thanks

Jeff
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