Serious problem with kernel update

[csm at Lunar-Linux.org]

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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Richard B. Pyne spewed into the bitstream:

RBP>There is a VERY SERIOUS problem with kernel updates, which I
RBP>have brought up in the past and I thought had been fixed!
RBP>
RBP>NEVER, under ANY circumstances should a lin of a kernel remove
RBP>the current (or any other) image from the boot directory!!!!!
RBP>
RBP>This creates a very real, if not likely scenerio of making a
RBP>machine not bootable.
RBP>
RBP>I just did a lunar update on one of my machines only to discover
RBP>that it had completely wiped out the prior (running) kernel.

I ID'd this as a serious issue a loooooooooong time ago!

Somehow I don't think it's ever going get fixed... for me I simply deal
with it by backing up my images *BEFORE* I lin a new kernel.

- -- 
csm
Lunar Linux Project Lead
Disclaimer: "I am not a curmudgeon! No... really..."
Addendum: "Bwahahaha! Fire up the orbital mind-control lasers!"
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