[TriLUG] kernel houskeeping

[Roy Vestal]

I'd recommend keeping the old kernel as a "backup". This is the main reason
I keep mine. We know it works, and it was the "original" kernel. If you find
something not working in the updated kernel, but you have removed the old
one, you will not be able to boot to the old one and recover that way. If
you made the boot disk during your OS install, the diskette is going to look
specifically for the original kernel.

As for future kernels, when I upgrade, I make sure everything is working
first, then I remove the older kernel(s). However, I still keep my original
kernel, which is 2.4.20-8 in your case.

HTH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Johnson" <justin at deepbluesoftware.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] kernel houskeeping


> Hey ya'll,
>
> I'm one of those neat freak, don't want it if I don't need it kind of
> people. So with up2date keeping my kernel, eh hem, up to date, I now
> have two kernel options when grub loads. Is there any reason to keep the
> older kernel, having run the newer one for a while now? If not, do I
> need to do anything besides "rpm -e kernel-2.4.20-8" to clean up? What
> about docs, source, etc? I guess I'll have to edit the grub config file
> as well?
>
> Oh yea, running RH 9 kernel 2.4.20-13.9 on Dell Inspiron 3800.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
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