[arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

[Vic Demuzere]

On Jun 10, 2011 12:43 PM, "Martti Kühne" <mysatyre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 AM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at xtfx.me>
wrote:
> <snip>
> > what if we (optionally) stored the original images _inside_ the new
> > one?  the new/bad kernel would boot, and via some bootloader entry eg.
> > kernel param the new initcpio script would kexec the old kernel, with
> > another (different) kernel param ... when the old kernel booted it
> > would load the exact same initramfs image, except it would use an
> > alternate tree, ie. instead of /init it would chroot to /previous and
> > run /previous/init ...
> >
>
> eh, for the priority of known sources of error: an UPDATE image could
> contain the NEW kernel in an alternate tree /new/init, because the OLD
> kernel is KNOWN to boot that far...
>
> Anything else would be insane.

Having multiple kernels is insane. I don't get why it's needed. There is a
live cd to rescue your system if needed.

Vic