would it work if i copyed the kernel from my mandrake install to my slackware install? if it would could yo utell me what i need to copy? thanks! they are on the same system just different times i have formated.

chances are 90 to 10 that it will not work. A better option will be to copy the .Config file from one system to other and recompile the kernale using
#make dep
#make bzImage
#make modules
#make install_modules

and then copy the arch/i386/boot/bzImage from /usr/src/linux-2.4 and use it you have more chances of a surviving system

ok thanks for the help!

It's make modules_install NOT make install_modules, just to clear up any confusion.
-NSKL

Well the way linux is set up is so that the kernel is sperated from the rest in such a way that you CAN run the same kernel for different distributions.
If you have a kernel with everything specific to your hardware directly built into the kernel then it's very easy. All you have to do is get it to boot the kernel and select a different root partition for each distribution.
With modules it's a little more difficult. You have to make sure each distribution can access the same /lib/modules. The easiest would probably be to make a copy for each distribution. You will have to remember to do this every time you recompile the kernel otherwise one of the distributions won't be able to load several modules.

It is
# make modules_install


(sorry for the error)