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On 2013-09-28 6:46 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Except you can never break Gentoo with a kernel update because, unlike |
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> some other distros, installing a new kernel does not uninstall the |
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> previous one. No matter how badly wrng a kernel update goes, you can |
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> always hit reset then select the old one from the GRUB menu - |
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> reinstallation doesn't come into it. |
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My understanding is that this is not true, and that a USERLAND update |
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(LVM2, which I use, among them) can cause breakage that will cause the |
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CURRENT kernel+initramfs to no longer boot. |
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Is my understanding flawed? |
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Totally side question: Anyone ever hear Linus' opinion of an initramfs |
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being required to boot a system? |
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