Re: Need to upgrade to jessie need help
On 25-07-17, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 09:41:24AM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> > When you upgrade to Jessie, it will install new kernel automatically.
> > However, it should not remove your Wheezy kernel, because upgrading
> > kernels always leaves one old one there, in case that you can not boot
> > into your new kernel for some reason. You can then mark that kernel via
> > grub options as one you would like to boot in. You can do it during boot
> > in grub, or by setting it as default in /etc/default/grub.
>
> All true.
>
> > You will also
> > have to use apt-mark to put that kernel on hold, to prevent removing it
> > on future updates, or to do some apt pinning.
>
> False. The kernel will simply sit there forever, unless you take some
> explicit action to remove it. No holds or pinning or other wrestling
> required.
>
That is not true, if you use autoremove. Only 2 last kernels will be
kept. This is upgrade from Jessie here. I have 4.9.0.2 and 4.9.0.3
kernels. Jessie kernel is long gone with autoremove.
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