From: Didier Boiteux (dboiteux_at_novell.com)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 17:31:22 CET
From: Didier Boiteux <dboiteux@novell.com> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:31:22 +0100 Message-Id: <200603091731.22500.dboiteux@novell.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] keep old kernel after kernel upgrade
Hello,
I filed an enhancement request /bug report on that for SLES9 SP1 already.
A note appeared on that in SP2 (4.6 Multiple Kernels) and the same feature as
for RedHat kernel upgrade should be included in SLES10 .
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Didier
On Thursday 09 March 2006 15:03, Paolo Basenghi wrote:
> I agree with Lars.
> I could add that I don't understand why Yast upgrades the existing
> kernel instead installing it as new.
>
> A bad effect of this behaviour: if you upgrade the kernel but do not
> restart the system (because you cannot during work hours), from that
> point until next reboot you cannot load any kernel module (so you cannot
> use hotplug devices or USB devices, for example) because the running
> kernel search for modules in a directory that does not exist any more.
>
> RedHat kernel RPMs, for example, add the new kernel without removing the
> running one AND make a new entry in the Grub or Lilo menu so the
> sysadmin can quickly return to old kernel if the new one fails. Of
> course is sysadmin responsability to remove old kernels when he think
> the new ones are OK.
>
> I really prefer SuSE in general, but with regard of this particular
> point, RedHat is better (but RedHat lacks a great admin tool like Yast!)
>
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