On Sunday 29 September 2013 19:36:32 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:53:26 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Precisely. And, it is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong), that > > simply keeping your old kernel/initramfs around is NOT a guarantee (it > > might work - and it might NOT) of being able to fallback to a known > > working config until you figure it out. > > Installing a new kernel does not magically make the old one break. If > that kernel worked yesterday, it will work today.
Actually, that is not guaranteed. I remember a situation in the past where boot-critical software required a certain minimal kernel-version with specific config-settings. Without those I could not boot. Inconsistencies can, and will, happen on occasion. -- Joost
