Hi, I tried to make kernel backups rebuilding images with mkinitcpio -k but I only get kernel panics as a result. I think this could be the right procedure to have multiple kernels, but I need help to solve this problem.
Please see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31754 for a detailed description. Quoting Ond?ej Ku?era <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > >> This is not the first time I get an unbootable system due to a >> kernel upgrade, >> and I have complained before that Arch really should have a system with >> multiple kernels, or at least a way to save a backup kernel, so if >> an upgrade >> breaks the system, it should still be possible to boot. > > Agreed. What I do is have not only kernel26 installed but also > kernel26beyond and I upgrade always only one of those two at a time so > that if the new kernel wouldn't work I could still use the other one to > boot. But it's far from optimal solution, besides kernel26beyond hasn't > been updated for a while... > > Ondrej > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
