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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