On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 08:14:23AM -0400, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade > > kernel-sources and that's it. =) > > Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post > install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update > the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old > kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files, > but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it > points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed > for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel.
That's not a bug, that's a "feature" according to the kernel team. =( It has always done this... this is nothing new. It's been doing this since the 8.x days if not earlier. I tried to get them to fix it but their feelings were it was doing things properly and didn't need to be fixed. IOW, make that old entry yourself. Please. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php That explains all about it. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ Online Security Resource Book; http://linsec.ca/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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