On 10 June 2011 15:25, Paul Gideon Dann <pdgiddie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also, I wonder what happens if power is lost whilst pacman is installing a new > kernel? I haven't tried this, but it wouldn't surprise me if the system ended > up with a truncated kernel that wouldn't boot. That's a bug right there, > although it's a pretty tiny corner case, granted :) > > Paul > Is that the case? The kernel should be replaced only after the new one is ready, else it would fail if you pushed CTRL+C while updating the kernel as well. Vic