On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, linux lover wrote: > i have 2 kernels compiled on my pc one is default and > another is i downloaded and compiled. i want to know how can i boot from > default kernel to new one compiled kernel? i know how to do it in > grub.conf just i am finding any direct boot option is avail on console > after compiling new kernel. regards, linux_lover Not sure if this can be a solution. You can try kexec. Using kexec, you can load a new kernel with /sbin/kexec -l /sbin/kexec -e http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/kexec for more info. PS : I am still trying to get it working. Regards, Mahendra -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahendra M - Mahendra_M AT infosys DOT com / mm94 AT india DOT ascend DOT com Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/