[arch-general] Multiple Kernels

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:09:58PM -0500, dave reisner wrote:
> 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.

In that case, would 

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/the-previous-kernel-package 

in a chroot running below /mnt do the right thing ?

Ciao, 

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