[arch-general] Multiple Kernels

William A. Mahaffey III wam at hiwaay.net
Mon Feb 1 10:09:55 EST 2010


On 02/01/10 08:59, ludovic coues wrote:
> 2010/2/1 Emmanuel Benisty<benisty.e at gmail.com>
>
>    
>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan<lists at itech7.com>
>> wrote:
>>      
>>> How to install multiple kernels using pacman ?
>>>
>>> Arch should do something like Fedora/Redhat. Maintain 1-2 previous
>>>        
>> kernels
>>      
>>> so that if a new one is buggy, then the old one can be used.
>>>        
>> QFT.
>>
>> WAIT WHAT?
>> http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/i686/kernel26-lts/
>> http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/kernel26-lts/
>>
>>      
> lts is not for everyday desktop usage.
>    


Why not ? Different modules or optimization ? Something else ? Please 
elaborate ....


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