new kernels & rebooting

[Tom H]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Heinz Diehl <htd at fritha.org> wrote:
> On 21.07.2014, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> The method that I suggested is right
>
> There's no "wrong" or "right". It's just one way to do it (not mine).
> But of course, it can be the way for others. It's perfectly fine to build a
> kernel by using rpm an manage it using yum, but it's not what I
> prefer.
>>
>> because (and I made a mistake earlier and shouldn't have suggested
>> that you use rpm) you can install your kernel with "yum install ..."
>> and remove it with "yum remove ..."
>> - and use it on more than one system if necessary.
>
> I install my kernel using "make install", and remove it by deleting
> the sourcetree, kernel & co. in /boot and its modules in
> /lib/modules/. It's what fits best for me.

Sure. Why do less work when you can do more?