On Sat Apr26'25 05:07:46PM, Marco Moock wrote: > From: Marco Moock <m...@dorfdsl.de> > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:07:46 +0200 > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: why is a reboot needed before upgrading? > > Am 26.04.2025 um 10:01:59 Uhr schrieb Ranjan Maitra via users: > > > Thank you for your explanation. I am just trying to understand: why > > does it matter? I am currently running 6.13.9 but the latest > > installed is 6.14.3. Aren't either of these going to be ignored when > > the upgrade happens anyway? > > Removing the kernel that is running at this time is a rather bad idea. > That is why a reboot is recommended when a kernel update has been > performed before the system upgrade.
Does not the current kernel keep running until there is a reboot? Yes, I know it is recommended to reboot with a kernel update but my desktop and server run for months before a reboot. Anyway, it is still not clear to me why the reboot is needed before an upgrade as per the instructions. What happens if this is not done? Ranjan > > -- > Gruß > Marco > > Send unsolicited bulk mail to 1745654519mu...@cartoonies.org > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
