On 2008/02/06 07:01 (GMT-0500) Mike apparently typed:
On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Marcus Meissner wrote:
With all the recent YOU kernel update problems, I want to make sure I can get back to my old kernel and config. Thanks!
I wish it worked that way, but yast in 10.3 does _delete_ the old kernel and _removes_ the installed modules for the old kernel. The
Oh shit. What knucklehead broke that? </rhetorical>
It never was done any other way, the kernel was and is always replaced.
Back in the 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x days, problems with kernel updates were very unusual. Since early in the 10.x series every single kernel update has had numerous people reporting serious problems.
For me, not a single kernel update in 10.x has worked without a manual repair of a corrupt menu.lst after working with grub command line to boot the system. I and others have reported this problem (bugs 346638, 348257, 272989 and probably others) without any response from SuSE.
So it would seem reasonable that YaST provide users with an option to install a kernel update without destroying the previous one and without corrupting menu.lst.
Back about the time SMBFS was removed from the kernel rpm packages I found this YOU behavior unacceptable. Since then I've been skipping updates until such time as I was in the mood for a kernel recompile, and using Smart instead of YOU, to ensure I don't lose a fully functional kernel. -- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org