Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels
Hi Chris,
On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:44 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
>
>> Unless there's some pre or post magic that goes on, these are the same
>> files which are currently owned by the pre-existing (debian release
>> 17) kernel package:
>
> This is odd.
>
> I keep an up-to-date ubuntu partition on the side, which I boot into
> every now and then, and every couple of weeks or so, the update manager
> installs a new version of the kernel. I can't look now but I believe I
> have something like two or three different versions of 2.6.31 at
> present. Say, 2.6.31-15, 2.6.31-16, and 2.6.31-17, complete with
> modules, headers and all. There would be more, if I hadn't removed a few
> older versions manually to keep my grub menu to somewhat manageable
> lengths.
As Boyd pointed out the versions you're refering to above are all different from one another, and can coexist. However as Stefan mentioned, sub-revisions of the same kernel cannot.
In my case, any sub-revision past 17 on the latest stable kernel causes the system to hang on boot. Tracking down the problem will be easier now that I don't have to jump through too many hoops to try later sub-revisions.
> Not much help, I guess, but maybe worth taking another look at the
> manuals.
Oddly, there's not a whole lot of discussion about this (unless I'm using the wrong search terms).
thanks,
-lev
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