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--- wiki:choosing_and_installing_kernels [2013/10/23 15:02] – [Changing GRUB's default kernel] danboid
+++ wiki:choosing_and_installing_kernels [2013/10/23 15:09] – [Testing kernels] danboid
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 =====Testing kernels=====
-After having installed a new kernel you must reboot, and in many cases select, the new kernel to boot into. Your GRUB boot menu settings are usually updated when you install a new kernel but GRUB doesn't always correctly pick the kernel you want to boot by default. To temporarily boot into a kernel that is not set as GRUB's default you have to hold the left SHIFT key when KXStudio starts booting. This should interrupt the usual boot procedure to display the GRUB menu which lets you use the arrow keys to select a the kernel or OS to boot.
+After installing a new kernel you must reboot and in many cases you will want to manually select the new kernel to boot into. Your GRUB boot menu settings are usually updated when you install a new kernel but GRUB doesn't always correctly pick the kernel you want to boot by default.
-You can verify the currently running kernel by looking at the System Checks in Cadence's main window or by running
+To temporarily boot into a kernel that is not set as GRUB's default you have to hold the left SHIFT key when KXStudio starts booting. This should interrupt the usual boot procedure to display the GRUB menu which lets you use the arrow keys to select a the kernel or OS to boot.
+You can verify the currently running kernel by looking at the System Checks within Cadence's main window or by running:
   uname -a