Kernel disinstallation during upgrade

Don Russell fedora at drussell.dnsalias.com
Sat Mar 25 13:55:07 UTC 2006


antonio montagnani wrote:
> I find that disinsallation of old kernels during upgrade from
> FC4-to-FC5 is a funny decision: I wonder what happens if for any
> reason you cannot boot with new kernel.
> And I do not agree with such a decision: any technical reason???
> --
> Antonio Montagnani
> Skype : antoniomontag
>   

If you go through the upgrade from FC4->5 and things don't work, I doubt 
you could "simply" boot one of the old kernels.

So much other stuff changed, I would think it is all a "package deal". 
Actually, I thought it was nice that the loader update (which was 
optional) cleans house like that.

Don




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