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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:15:53 +0100, gentoo_steve@×××××××.uk wrote: |
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> > Something is seriously wrong with your GRUB setup if it takes a day to |
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> > select the previous kernel :( |
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> Nope... it's all pretty vanilla... I expect it to take a few minutes - |
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> but I'm not attempting it unless I've got a day to fix it if I make an |
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> error... that way I won't do something daft because I'm interrupted and |
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> trying to field a dozen things at once. I'm a strong believer in |
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> Murphy's law. |
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You're still missing the point that a new kernel is installed alongside |
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the pevious one, not on top of it. If it doesn't work, you reboot and |
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select the old one from the GRUB menu, you don't have to fix anything. |
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My desktop still boots to 2.6.25 despite having 2.6.26, because I haven't |
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had time to get VMware working with the new one. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Q. How do you identify a blind man in a nudist colony? |
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A. It's not hard. |
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