On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 22:50 +0100, Clayton wrote:
it would be nice to have at least the last known working kernel kept around (mental note to go change that config file).
C.
Clayton, It is easy to keep a backup kernel. I do it since the initial installation. 1. Go to the boot directory**************************** #cd /boot 2. Find out the name of the running kernel************* #uname -r copy the number and pasted over the number in the example below. 3. make backup copy of your kernel and System.map****** #cp vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak #cp System.map-2.6.22.13-0.3-default System.map-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak #cp -r /lib/modules/2.6.22.13-0.3-default /lib/modules/2.6.22.13-0.3-bak 4. create initrd ************************************** #mkinitrd 5. Check if new initrd was created:********************* #ls and look for initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak 6. Backup GRUB menu************************************* #cp -r /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_bak 7. edit grub menu**************************************** # kwrite grub/menu.lst 8. Add new entry at the end of the file. You can copy the original entry for SUSE LINUX 10.2 and do some changes; title BACKUP openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.13-0.3 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-bak root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x346 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-defaultbak 9. Test it*********************************************** -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org