Using a gutsy kernel on feisty?

Adam Funk a24061 at ducksburg.com
Wed Jun 27 12:54:35 UTC 2007


On 2007-06-27, Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Adam Funk wrote:
>> I'm having problems with smartmontools (and hddtemp, I think) because
>> of this bug
>> 
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/106821
>> 
>> and am considering installing linux-image-2.6.22-6-generic from Gutsy
>> on my otherwise-Feisty system.
>> 
>> 
>> How risky is installing this package?
>
> I would be surprised if it worked.

Can it do any harm to try installing this questionable kernel without
removing the current working kernel from my system --- so that I can
reboot into the known-to-work one if the Gutsy kernel causes problems?





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