Yes you are right. It's vice versa of course...and not as I falsly said
here.
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, David Talkington wrote:
> Werner Puschitz wrote:
>
> >
> >If you compiled the old kernel for e.g. a PentiumII processor and your
> >upgraded motherboard has now a PentiumIII processor, then you
> >will get a kernel panic when you boot.
>
> No, I don't think that's the case. A kernel compiled for a lesser
> kernel will run on a newer one, albeit not optimally. The reverse,
> however, is not true.
>
> Lance, if you still have a stock Red Hat kernel onboard and available
> (that one should boot just about anything), then if anything does get
> hosed, you'll be able to get back in and recompile your new kernel.
> -d
>
> --
> David Talkington
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>
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