On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:30:02 -0500 Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> wrote:
> Chris writes: > > > On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:06:12 -0500 > > Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> wrote: > > > >> Some time ago, in F9-F10 era, there was a consecutive series of > >> about four kernels that were released that could not boot on one > >> of my machines. Somehow, I managed to survive this traumatic > >> experience without installing a completely different distribution. > >> I waved a magic wand, and continued to boot the last working > >> kernel, until a new one came out that worked on my hardware once > >> more. > > > > I agree - quoting from Louis Lagendijk; > > > > "The best way to avoid the problem might be to get grub to display > > the list of installed (assuming that the original F12 kernel worked > > for you) and select that kernel to boot from. Change the default > > line in /etc/grub.conf to automate that....." > > It just occured to me that there may be a large number of people who > are completely unaware of the fact that they can easily boot a > previous kernel. > > Some time ago, someone decided to set up grub by default to hide its > boot menu, so that it boots without delay. As such, some people may > not even know about this option. > > This is a perfect example of why hiding some complexity from the end > user is not always a good idea. > Thanks for the suggestions to all that helped me out. I am now past the kernel/reboot issue. -- Best regards, Chris “It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.” -- Thomas Jefferson -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines