---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 22:40:43 +1300 > From: cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How to block kernel updates > > On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 08:55:50AM +0000, Joe wrote: >> On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 15:10:09 +1300 >> Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:07:34PM +0000, Joe wrote: >>>> You can also remove any kernel metapackage e.g. linux-image-amd64. >>>> Apt will not normally attempt to replace whatever kernel you have >>>> installed, as it is a bit risky, and as you say, needs quite a chunk >>> >>> How is it risky? >> >> I run three or four sid installations. Occasionally a new kernel does >> not boot, often due to a grub problem. > > AFAIUI, if the package has a different name, as newer releases of > kernels do, then APT won't consider it an update, it is just another > package. > > Hopefully, the average newbie to this list does not run Sid, but giving > the impression that APT won't replace kernels "as it is a bit risky" is > incorrect and misleading.
Im not the average newbie and Im running jessie now. Can anyone tell me a good partition scheme for a 80G disk so im not running again in problems. Roelof -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/dub121-w31a238505241730cf42c9ae...@phx.gbl
