Re: How to block kernel updates
On 02/08/2014 11:52 AM, Roelof Wobben wrote:
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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
>
Hi Roelof,
My workstation uses Debian GNU/Linux 7 (amd64),
and my partition scheme is :
Filesystem 1K-blocks
Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 48059932
19464828 26153756 43% /
/dev/md2 1872874484
833246124 944491852 47% /home
As you can see the root file system is about 50GB and only 20GB are used.
On the other hand directories what are supposed to contains a lot of
data are linked to /home like /var/lib/postgresql -> /home/postgresql,
but you can do the same for valuable data such as git repositories, SVN,
etc.
Because your disk is only 80GB you may prefer single root partition, but
do not forger to make backup when you are going to make a fresh install
on the disk.
HTH
Best regards
Georgi
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