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["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday, 2008-10-31 at 20:38 -0600, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:

> It is easy to keep a backup kernel. I do it since the initial
> installation.
>
> 1. Go to the boot directory****************************
>
> #cd /boot
>
> 2. Find out the name of the running kernel*************
>
> #uname -r
>
> copy the number and pasted over the number in the example below.
>
>
> 3. make backup copy of your kernel and System.map******
>
> #cp vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak
> #cp System.map-2.6.22.13-0.3-default System.map-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak
> #cp -r /lib/modules/2.6.22.13-0.3-default /lib/modules/2.6.22.13-0.3-bak

...


This is not enough, you need to copy also the entire 
/lib/modules/{kernel-version} tree, which is where the modules are kept.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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