kernels installed

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Sat Oct 29 03:48:37 UTC 2005


On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 05:40:27PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:

 > > If FC5 will not have both smp and up kernels installed by default, I suggest 
 > > an installation package option to have both installed.
 > 
 > People have also had problems with the UP kernel where the SMP kernel
 > worked.  So should we install the smp kernel there too?  Installing both
 > kernels is really just a workaround for a case which shouldn't happen,
 > ie, the kernel being broken.  So there's not going to be an argument.
 > Besides, how would you know beforehand that you needed to use it?

Besides, we're getting closer and closer to a situation where
rebuilding a boot.iso if the worst-case happens, isn't rocket-science,
so we shouldn't need the safety-net of an alternative kernel.

		Dave




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