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7. Test Your New Kernel
Now that your new kernel is compiled and installed, you need to reboot
and test the kernel to see if it worked.
7.1 Reboot
Execute "shutdown -r now" to unmount all drives and shutdown properly.
DO NOT press the reset or power button! You can loose data and possibly
even corrupt the entire drive, so be careful!
7.2 Choose Kernel
As you boot your computer, you should get a prompt like "lilo: ". At this
prompt, enter "new" or whatever else you called the new kernel.
7.3 Check For Errors
Watch the bootup messages for anything that lists "[ Failed ]" next to
it during startup. There should be a small explanation next to the service
that failed. There may have been something that you forgot to include in
the kernel. This is a long debugging process, but you need to check your
configuration and recompile.
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