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Old 4th August 2008
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Originally Posted by phoenix View Post
When doing upgrades across major versions, it's always a good idea to compile and install GENERIC. Get things installed and working, then compile a custom kernel.

Also, you can use KODIR=/boot/testkernel on the installkernel command to install the kernel to a separate directory. Then you can use the nextboot(8) command to test boot that kernel. If it doesn't work, a reboot will use the previously working kernel.
Sweet! Thanks phoenix. I tried nextboot with the GENERIC 7 kernel that spit out all the errors and all seems well.
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