Am Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:09:58 -0500 schrieb dave reisner <d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:01 PM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Arch you of course always have the 'fallback' boot > > option (which can be expected to work), or you can boot > > from the original netinstall CD. But it's by no means > > clear to me how you could 'rewind' a failed kernel update > > using either of these. > > > > This is why you don't immediately clean out your /var/cache/pacman/pkg > directory. In case of some catastrophic failure (like a kernel > upgrade), you still have your previous kernel package tucked away for > re-installation. Alternatively use the core CD and install the kernel package from there. Greetings, Heiko
