what's best way for playing with kernel configurations and source code

[Jonathan Neuschäfer]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:01:20AM +0530, Sankar P wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Alshamlan, Mohammad <malsh002 at fiu.edu> wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > How you can reconfigure and also modify your source code without affected
> > your system? Please, if you want to suggest a virtual machine is the best
> > option, then could you tell me why? Thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> Usually while kernel development, you do not overwrite your existing
> distro-provided kernel, but install your built kernel as a new option.
> This helps you in not losing access to your machine in case the kernel
> changes you have made are serious.

If they're serious enough you might still break your file system and
lose your data, so it's in any case good to have a backup. ;-)


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Thanks,
Jonathan Neuschäfer