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Re: Kernel problem?

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On 2018-01-07 13:58 +1100, Rob Hurle wrote:

>   I'm running Stretch and yesterday I did my normal:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> It seemed to install vmlinuz-4.9.0-5-686-pae (and associated config and
> image files, etc) in place of 4.9.0-4-686-pae versions.  Now the system
> won't boot at all.  I have reverted to 4.9.0-4-686-pae and all is well.  My
> questions are:
>
> 1.  Does anyone else see this?

Bug #886485[1] talks about a hang at boot which may be the same what you
are seeing.

> 2.  How can I revert without losing my working 4.9.0-4-686-pae system?  Can
> I just change the soft links for initrd.img and vmlinuz at / to point to
> the 4.9.0-4-686-pae versions instead of the 4.9.0-5-686-pae ones?

Most bootloaders, including the default bootloader on PCs (grub), do not
use these symlinks at all.  To boot with the 4.9.0-4-686-pae kernel by
default, you can fiddle around with the grub configuration or uninstall
the 4.9.0-5-686-pae kernel.  In the latter case you would have to
downgrade or uninstall the linux-image-686-pae metapackage as well.

Cheers,
       Sven


1. https://bugs.debian.org/886485

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Kernel problem? Rob Hurle <rob1940@gmail.com> - 2018-01-07 04:00 +0100
  Re: Kernel problem? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-01-07 10:10 +0100
  Re: Kernel problem? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-01-10 00:20 +0100
    Re: Kernel problem? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-10 22:20 +0100
      Re: Kernel problem? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-01-10 23:00 +0100
        Re: Kernel problem? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-01-10 23:40 +0100
  Re: Kernel problem? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-10 21:50 +0100
    Re: Kernel problem? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-01-11 01:20 +0100
      Re: Kernel problem? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-01-11 01:50 +0100
        Re: Kernel problem? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-11 20:00 +0100
          Re: Kernel problem? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-01-11 21:40 +0100
            Re: Kernel problem? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-12 02:50 +0100
              Re: Kernel problem? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-01-12 08:40 +0100
  Re: Kernel problem? Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-11 03:00 +0100

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