-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/10/2012 02:31 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > On 10.07.2012 11:26, Dave Cross wrote: >> On 10 July 2012 10:15, Mateusz Marzantowicz >> <mmarzantowicz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible that broken kernel which won't boot or cause any >>> other serious problems is released in Fedora 16 or 17? I know >>> that in Rawhide something might go wrong, but in 16, 17? >> It's happened to me more often than I'd like. Probably once per >> release (and I've been using Fedora right from the start). > > Lucky me, I can't remember going into such unpleasant situation > with different Linux distros so I thought only one kernel will be > enough. I don't recall the last time that it happened to me but of course everyone's mileage varies. > Maybe having two kernels installed is more comfortable, you'll > never know when something breaks. I must reconsider my initial > idea. Thanks a lot for any thoughts. This has long been considered best practice - when I was teaching RHCE classes 8+ years ago we always advised a kernel update procedure like: - - install new kernel - - reboot to test - - remove old kernel That way you have a get out if for any reason the new kernel will not boot or proves unreliable. Of course, there's rarely any harm in skipping the last step and not removing the kernel until later. This was back in the days of manual updates with rpm -i/F but it carries over to yum equally well (there was a yum plugin, installonlyn, that used to automate this but I don't see it at the moment). Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/8M8wACgkQ6YSQoMYUY96/jQCfY3/IYz+cllJBxN1QxcT0QT29 W/UAoMTwWuAcG1Ki26YIY/2l0+HVOwYq =lLbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
