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Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old} symlinks in the root dir?

From	songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old} symlinks in the root dir?
Date	2020-03-01 20:40 +0100
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Mikhail Morfikov wrote:
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> Also, I'm trying to configure refind EFI boot manager, and basically I do=
> n't
> want to change its config file with each kernel update (the numbers in th=
> e file
> names change).

  that's exactly what i've been doing.  they work fine no
matter where they end up as long as you adjust your refind
config to work with them.

  songbird

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What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old} symlinks  in the root dir? Mikhail Morfikov <mmorfikov@gmail.com> - 2020-02-29 19:30 +0100
  Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-03-01 02:20 +0100
    Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-03-01 14:30 +0100
      Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-03-01 14:50 +0100
        Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-03-01 17:20 +0100
          Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 17:40 +0100
          Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-03-01 19:10 +0100
    Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Mikhail Morfikov <mmorfikov@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 15:20 +0100
      Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-03-01 17:10 +0100
        Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Mikhail Morfikov <mmorfikov@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 18:00 +0100
  Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 17:20 +0100
    Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? Mikhail Morfikov <mmorfikov@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 18:20 +0100
      Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-03-05 18:40 +0100
  Re: What's the purpose of initrd.img{,.old} and vmlinuz{,.old}  symlinks in the root dir? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-03-01 20:40 +0100

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