RE: How to block kernel updates
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> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 22:40:43 +1300
> From: cbannister@slingshot.co.nz
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How to block kernel updates
>
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 08:55:50AM +0000, Joe wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 15:10:09 +1300
>> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:07:34PM +0000, Joe wrote:
>>>> You can also remove any kernel metapackage e.g. linux-image-amd64.
>>>> Apt will not normally attempt to replace whatever kernel you have
>>>> installed, as it is a bit risky, and as you say, needs quite a chunk
>>>
>>> How is it risky?
>>
>> I run three or four sid installations. Occasionally a new kernel does
>> not boot, often due to a grub problem.
>
> AFAIUI, if the package has a different name, as newer releases of
> kernels do, then APT won't consider it an update, it is just another
> package.
>
> Hopefully, the average newbie to this list does not run Sid, but giving
> the impression that APT won't replace kernels "as it is a bit risky" is
> incorrect and misleading.
Im not the average newbie and Im running jessie now.
Can anyone tell me a good partition scheme for a 80G disk so im not running
again in problems.
Roelof
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