Am 12.11.2011 04:23, schrieb Jos Poortvliet:
May I ask what the default is? Does openSUSE by default remove your kernel right away or does it keep it until after reboot?
I first had to try it on a fresh standard installation I had not tempered with because I did not know it anymore. The default is, to remove an old kernel right after the new one was installed and _before_ the new kernel is booted. This is so, because by default the two lines in zypp.conf enabling a safer handling of new kernels, are commented out. I agree with Lars that it would be a very good idea to adopt a new default setting to make the system safer. Under the assumption that most (if not all) users are going to boot a new kernel and not an older one after a new one has beeen installed, I would suggest to keep the running (new) kernel and its predecessor as new default setting. This way even an unexperienced or new user, who doesn't know anything about openSUSE but to switch on his machine and starting the applications he wishes to work with, would be able to go back to an older working kernel if the need arises. All that would be required to do so would be to press the "arrow down" key twice in GRUB. Therefor it would be required to have the 'Multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)' 'multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running' lines in zypp.conf uncommented by default and have the multiversion.kernels line changed to the one above by default. Best Regards, Andreas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org