Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 04:22 -0400, Richard Creighton wrote: > >> Igor Jagec wrote: >> >>> On Sri, 2007-10-10 at 15:34 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Noticed kernel update for 10.3 386 system and I am concerned that I >>>> will end up with a NON-booting system. >>>> >>>> >>> That concerns me either. I didn't know that SUSE updates kernel packages >>> rather then install new packages and keeps the old ones on the system. >>> >>> Is it possible to roll back the old one, or something, in case we really >>> end up with a non booting system? >>> >>> Fortunately, I didn't end up with a non booting system today, and nVidia >>> drivers works either, but you never know when that might happen. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> >> You will be happy to hear of two improvements with the new kernel: >> >> 1) It works! >> a) drivers that had stopped working for disk controllers now compile >> and can load >> b) it properly 'mkinitrd' to incorporate user supplied module into >> boot image >> c) it did not corrupt the MBR when installed as an update like .31 >> did for me >> d) the HDA sound support works - I can change volume without loss of >> sound >> >> 2) It leaves a copy of the previous kernel in place. >> > > You might want to re-check this. I just upgraded to the new kernel and > it deleted the old one. The link to the "old kernel" actually points to > the new one. The new one just uses the full name instead of the link. > > That is very strange...I have both the new kernel and the old .31 kernel in /boot and my /grub menu.1st had 4 entries, 2 of which pointed to the new kernel and 2 pointed to the old .31 kernel. I am not aware that I did anything special. OK, strike number 2 above unless you get some voodoo witchcraft luck working. At least the controller driver, and I discovered, VMWare love the new kernel, as does my MB which had been resisting all efforts to be tamed. Every kernel so far had something that broke something until now. I'll try and see if I accidentally did something to keep my old kernel, but I rebooted with .31 before I answered this to ensure it still was really there, and it did and just to be sure, I am back on the new kernel. Even the /lib entries for the .31 kernel are intact....go figure. Maybe one of the openSuSE kernel guys will pipe in and tell us if this was a fluke or was by design.
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