I have installed Ubuntu from wubi.exe along-side windows, and I am a new user to it.
If my kernel has an error after modifying it and replacing the previous one, does the "safe" option in my bootloader recover my kernel?
I have installed Ubuntu from wubi.exe along-side windows, and I am a new user to it.
If my kernel has an error after modifying it and replacing the previous one, does the "safe" option in my bootloader recover my kernel?
If you build your kernel following the proper procedures for building Ubuntu kernels (I don't know what they are), then when you install the resulting .deb
packages you'll get an additional entry in the GRUB boot menu. Your old kernel(s) will still be there unless you explicitly remove them.
Recovery mode isn't a special kernel. It just boots a minimal system, using whatever kernel it's paired with.
.deb
far outweigh the benefits of spending a little extra time--only a minute or two extra once you know what you're doing. Having un-packaged software on your machine that you're not developing is a recipe for problems down the road.
Sep 25, 2012 at 12:24