[arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

ganlu rhythm.gan at gmail.com
Sat Jul 17 04:38:27 EDT 2010


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On 2010年07月17日 15:46, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> On 07/17/2010 09:27 AM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> Hi,
>> While updating to a new kernel pacman replaces the older kernel with
>> the new
>> one. Is there someway to keep the older kernel in /boot and have new
>> entries
>> for new kernel in menu.lst while keeping old entries intact?
> 
> no
> 
You can alway do it manually, simply copy the old kernel image as other
name before you update, then modify the correspondent line in menu.1st file.
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