On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:09:58PM -0500, dave reisner wrote: > 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. In that case, would pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/the-previous-kernel-package in a chroot running below /mnt do the right thing ? Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
