Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 23:08:43 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote:
> There is a sanity check in the pre-removal script of the kernel image. > If you try to run > > sudo dpkg -r linux-image-$(uname -r) > > you will see a dialog with an clear warning about what is going to > happen if you don't abort this operation. The dialog defaults to the "I > want my mommy" option, but it will of course allow you to take the "real > men never need to reboot anyway" route. > > If you decide to try this you will probably want to conclude the > experiment with > > echo "linux-image-$(uname -r) install" | dpkg --set-selections > > to make dpkg aware of the fact that you were just kidding. > Perhaps after I recover from my recent keyboard nightmare (see last post in this thread) - I'll try it out ;-) It's going to take _atleast_ a few days .. try using a system without a working keyboard -- useless! ..I *can* get along without a rodent, but not without a keyboard.. Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]