On Jun 10, 2011 12:43 PM, "Martti Kühne" <mysatyre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 AM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > > what if we (optionally) stored the original images _inside_ the new > > one? the new/bad kernel would boot, and via some bootloader entry eg. > > kernel param the new initcpio script would kexec the old kernel, with > > another (different) kernel param ... when the old kernel booted it > > would load the exact same initramfs image, except it would use an > > alternate tree, ie. instead of /init it would chroot to /previous and > > run /previous/init ... > > > > eh, for the priority of known sources of error: an UPDATE image could > contain the NEW kernel in an alternate tree /new/init, because the OLD > kernel is KNOWN to boot that far... > > Anything else would be insane. Having multiple kernels is insane. I don't get why it's needed. There is a live cd to rescue your system if needed. Vic
