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Re: Debian/Ubuntu kernel update question



 On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 11:31 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:06:51 -0400 
> "David Hummel" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> > This isn't really something that a new user should have to worry 
> > about.  Once they get around to understanding more about the apt 
> > system and related tools, it's not that painful to periodically curate 
> > the list of installed kernels. 
> 
> Just one other thing. I also think that Fedora and OpenSuSE also have 
> the incorrect strategies in that their updates leave only 1 kernel. My 
> personal preference is always to have a known good kernel. Before 
> modularization, I would always keep the generic monolithic kernel that 
> is known to work. So, at least, IMHO, OpenSuSE and Fedora should retain 
> at least the previous kernel. 


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