On Friday, June 10, 2011 05:48:57 Vic Demuzere wrote: > 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 Another agreement from me here. Also, may I also add that a great deal of Arch users have /boot in a (tiny) partition to start with and can't really KEEP that much stuff in there? Keeping old kernels would definitely screw their systems up and keep them from upgrading with any ease.
