On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0400 Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:01 -0400 (EDT) > Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: ... > > to be booted. Then you can purge the old one. aptitude will > > not let you purge or remove a running kernel. > > > Uummm...yes it will. I have done it :( accidentally. What a PAIN! Not sure how you could have done it by accident - aptitude warns you thus: ----- You are running a kernel (version 2.6.34-rc1-lizzie-00005-g522dba7) and attempting to remove the same version. This is a potentially disastrous action. Not only will /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-rc1-lizzie-00005-g522dba7 be removed, making it impossible to boot it, (you will have to take action to change your boot loader to boot a new kernel), it will also remove all modules under the directory /lib/modules/2.6.34-rc1-lizzie-00005-g522dba7. Just having a copy of the kernel image is not enough, you will have to replace the modules too. I repeat, this is very dangerous. If at all in doubt, answer Yes. If you know exactly what you are doing, and are prepared to hose your system, then answer No. Do you want to abort removal now? ----- Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- 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/20100315191632.33bd4fde.cele...@gmail.com
