[arch-general] Multiple Kernels

[dave reisner]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:01 PM, <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:

> On Arch you of course always have the 'fallback' boot
> option (which can be expected to work), or you can boot
> from the original netinstall CD. But it's by no means
> clear to me how you could 'rewind' a failed kernel update
> using either of these.
>

This is why you don't immediately clean out your /var/cache/pacman/pkg
directory. In case of some catastrophic failure (like a kernel upgrade), you
still have your previous kernel package tucked away for re-installation.