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Re: kernel symlinks, still needed?

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: kernel symlinks, still needed?
Date 2019-05-26 21:30 +0200
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On Sun 26 May 2019 at 14:57:57 +0200, Andrea Borgia wrote:

> Il 26/05/19 00:19, Brian ha scritto:
> 
> > Booting from a GRUB prompt can be a little easier when you know that
> > the kernel and initrd can be reached from /.
> 
> In those cases where the system doesn't boot on its own, I dig out the USB
> drive where I keep the ISOs and run from there.

You are in Tokyo. Your laptop doesn't boot. Your USB drive is elsewhere.

> It's rare enough for me that I would never think of such a use for those
> links but some people might indeed find them useful.

It is not about you. The links do no harm whatsoever to anyone's system.
Indeed, their usefulness is evident. I hope others do not follow your
example.

-- 
Brian.

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kernel symlinks, still needed? Andrea Borgia <andrea@borgia.bo.it> - 2019-05-25 18:20 +0200
  Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2019-05-25 19:30 +0200
    Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? Andrea Borgia <andrea@borgia.bo.it> - 2019-05-26 15:00 +0200
  Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-26 00:20 +0200
    Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? Andrea Borgia <andrea@borgia.bo.it> - 2019-05-26 15:00 +0200
      Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-26 21:30 +0200
  Re: kernel symlinks, still needed? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-05-27 03:10 +0200

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