Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (341 mails)

[Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Hans-Peter Holler wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 04 Februar 2009 schrieb Eberhard Moenkeberg:
> > On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Hans-Peter Holler wrote:

> > > > That would not help.
> > > > A "native" OpenSUSE/SLES/SLED system just has one kernel to boot.
> > > > And if it does't, you won't reach your backups with ease.
> > >
> > > No, even with old LILO you can manage to choose a kernel image, initrd
> > > and parameters to boot an older (the one that's present before the
> > > update, see above) kernel. And this should enable you to reach your
> > > backups and restore them.
> >
> > Surely, "forever young" LILO can manage multiple kernels.

> mkinitrd does this for you _if_ you install/update with plain rpm.
> And, of course, grub and lilo take what you want from them.
> The question is; do you really trust in higher level software like you or 
> zypper?

> > But the recent OpenSUSE/SLES/SLED mechanisms will delete your kernel
> > before installing the new.

> bugzilla?

> > So you have to take your hands on at the right time, or YOU/zypper will
> > fuck you off.
> > This behaviour is contrary to the YaST philosophy - after just you have
> > reached to feel the comfort of YaST, it will kick you into the ass.

> maybe the yast developers are reading this. _my_ experience: yast rocks, the 
> other: ... 

Coming late gives a good chance not to miss the point. You have missed it.


Viele Grüße
Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@xxxxxxx, em@xxxxxxx)

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