Re: Machine freezes after kernel update
On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 11:09:36PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> On 10/08/2015 12:37 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
>
> >>Thanks. Well I do not have GRUB here but LILO, and there are no saved
> >>old kernels as long as I know.
> >
> >There should be; Debian doesn't delete old kernels as part of the
> >upgrade process. Even LILO should have an option to boot older
> >kernels. Older kernels are deliberately kept such that, if the new
> >kernel *does* fail, you can still, hopefully, use a previous one. It's
> >been a long time since I used LILO, so can't advise how to access those
> >old kernels.
> >
>
> In fact, (and in my case) LILO does delete old kernels during the upgrade,
Wow! I really think that is a bug *if* it does. What makes you think
that is the case?
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