It would appear that on Jun 10, Robert Howard did say: > Why not just copy the old kernel image, modules and initrd image somewhere > by hand before you upgrade kernels. If we try to make this automated it > isn't going to be kiss. I used to do this way back in the day by including > the entire kernel version in the pkgver and giving the images longer names. > It was possible to have concurrently installed kernels. Check out how some > of the AUR kernels manage to be the same kernel version as the official > without causing issues. That wouldn't be such a bad idea. And in fact I already do that with the kernel and initrd image. But I'm almost ashamed to admit that I don't have enough understanding of the modules to know how to preserve and when needed restore them. And as was I think mentioned in this thread, without the modules, the gui wouldn't work... «I blame CRS {see below}» I've tried to learn stuff like that but the knowledge didn't stick. Is there a step by step how-to or wiki I could bookmark??? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>> * CRS : "Can't Remember Sh^Htuff" : In my case this means that unless I * do something the same way every day for a LONG time, or have examples * of how I did it before (where I can still find them), I usually wind up * scratching my head the next time I need to do a non-daily task. Or for * that matter, to remember what I was doing before the durned phone rang etc...