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On Sunday 29 September 2013 19:36:32 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:53:26 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > Precisely. And, it is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong), that |
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> > simply keeping your old kernel/initramfs around is NOT a guarantee (it |
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> > might work - and it might NOT) of being able to fallback to a known |
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> > working config until you figure it out. |
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> Installing a new kernel does not magically make the old one break. If |
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> that kernel worked yesterday, it will work today. |
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Actually, that is not guaranteed. |
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I remember a situation in the past where boot-critical software required a |
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certain minimal kernel-version with specific config-settings. |
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Without those I could not boot. |
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Inconsistencies can, and will, happen on occasion. |
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