Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread C Anthony Risinger
IIRC it is being marked stable in 2.6.35. Stable schmable... works like a treat for me and many others; it's just a possible solution. C Anthony [mobile] On Jul 17, 2010, at 3:46 PM, "Евгений Борисов" wrote: > BTRFS is not marked stable by developers, so it can not used in > stable > arch. >

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Евгений Борисов
BTRFS is not marked stable by developers, so it can not used in stable arch. 2010/7/17 C Anthony Risinger > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Loui Chang wrote: > > On Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 -0500, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > >> On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Loui Chang wrote: > >> > >> > On Sat

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Loui Chang wrote: > On Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 -0500, C Anthony Risinger wrote: >> On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Loui Chang wrote: >> >> > On Sat 17 Jul 2010 11:06 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: >> >> Oh, I do.  I would just prefer to work with the package management

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Loui Chang
On Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 -0500, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Loui Chang wrote: > > > On Sat 17 Jul 2010 11:06 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > >> Oh, I do. I would just prefer to work with the package management > >> framework, not work around it. > > > > I think this

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Loui Chang wrote: > On Sat 17 Jul 2010 11:06 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 10:42 -0500, Thomas Dziedzic wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Victor Lowther >>> wrote: On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On S

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Loui Chang
On Sat 17 Jul 2010 11:06 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 10:42 -0500, Thomas Dziedzic wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Victor Lowther > > wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Victor Lowther
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 10:42 -0500, Thomas Dziedzic wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Victor Lowther > wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > >> > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrot

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Thomas Dziedzic
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Victor Lowther wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: >> > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: >> > > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/module

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Victor Lowther
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > > > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > > > will be removed when the package is upgra

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Rafael Beraldo
2010/7/17 Ng Oon-Ee > When a kernel is updated kernel modules are as well. For example, nvidia > is pushed up one pkgrel because a new kernel is out. With your > suggestion the old kernel is saved as vmlinuz26-old. Which can't get a > graphical login because the old nvidia module is gone. > > I d

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Dave Reisner
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:23:48PM -0300, Rafael Beraldo wrote: > 2010/7/17 Thomas Dziedzic > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > > >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > > >> > I think it

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Thomas Dziedzic
2010/7/17 Rafael Beraldo : > 2010/7/17 Thomas Dziedzic > >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: >> > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: >> >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: >> >> > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory >> /l

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 12:23 -0300, Rafael Beraldo wrote: > 2010/7/17 Thomas Dziedzic > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > > >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > > >> > I think it's a ba

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Rafael Beraldo
2010/7/17 Thomas Dziedzic > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > >> > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory > /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > >> > will

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Thomas Dziedzic
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: >> > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ >> > will be removed when the package is upgraded

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > > will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not > > exists. > > My solutio

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Ionuț Bîru
On 07/17/2010 05:17 PM, Victor Lowther wrote: On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not exists. My solution is to hand-roll my own

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Victor Lowther
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not > exists. My solution is to hand-roll my own kernels and initramfs'es after removing the

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Thomas Dziedzic
2010/7/17 Евгений Борисов : > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not > exists. > > 2010/7/17 ganlu > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 2010年07月17日 15:46, Ionuț B

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Евгений Борисов
I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not exists. 2010/7/17 ganlu > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2010年07月17日 15:46, Ionuț Bîru wrote: > > On 07/17/2010 09:27 AM, Mad

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread ganlu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2010年07月17日 15:46, Ionuț Bîru wrote: > On 07/17/2010 09:27 AM, Madhurya Kakati wrote: >> Hi, >> While updating to a new kernel pacman replaces the older kernel with >> the new >> one. Is there someway to keep the older kernel in /boot and have new >

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-17 Thread Ionuț Bîru
On 07/17/2010 09:27 AM, Madhurya Kakati wrote: Hi, While updating to a new kernel pacman replaces the older kernel with the new one. Is there someway to keep the older kernel in /boot and have new entries for new kernel in menu.lst while keeping old entries intact? no -- Ionuț

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-16 Thread Ivan S. Freitas
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Legioner wrote: > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman > > In pacman.conf: > > IgnorePkg=name > IgnoreGroup=name If I interpreted correctly this will not work as OP wants. (the kernel won't be upgraded this way). Besides extracting and copying manually, I d

Re: [arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

2010-07-16 Thread Legioner
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman In pacman.conf: IgnorePkg=name IgnoreGroup=name Reply Header Subject:[arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel Author: Madhurya Kakati Date: 17th July 2010 06:27 Hi, Whil