Am 09.11.2011 11:45, schrieb Felix Miata:
On 2011/11/09 05:31 (GMT-0500) Freigeist composed:
Felix Miata composed:
... = latest-1,latest,running
I am using this feature for quite some time now and it is working as it should. I have my systems configured to keep three kernels but the above line in my zypp.conf is a little different. During testing I found out, that it should should say:
multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,latest-2,running
Maybe you can try this.
Multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel) worked, so I guess I'll just to back to using that to ensure installing a new kernel doesn't leave me with an unbootable installation.
Maybe I don not understand you correctly here but the above sentence to me is reading as if you were using the
'multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,latest-2,running'
feature without having
'Multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)'
uncommented in zypp.conf?
Could be this is the answer to the thread. I saw nothing to indicate multiversion.kernels was not an alternative to multiversion above it in zypp.conf, so I uncommented the newer/multiversion.kernels only.
Both have to be uncommented, otherwise this feature will not work. This line 'Multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)' is giving you multiple kernels in the first place. This line 'multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,latest-2,running' is defining which kernels to keep. Without it uncommented the system would just be adding new kernels as long as the disk is full or you would have to delete them manually.
Even so, I don't understand the philosophy that by default it's OK to uninstall the running kernel before ensuring its replacement and/or replacement's initrd actually work.
AFAIK before this feature was introduced, when a new kernel was installed, the older one was removed before the machine got rebooted with the new kernel thus leaving you with the potenial threat of a non-working kernel. With this feature the old kernel gets deleted after the system has booted with the new kernel. You can read more about this here: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2011/07/14/improved-kernel-package-retention-in-... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org