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Re: [unclug] cleaning up old kernels

From: Palmer, Cristóbal <cmpalmer AT email.unc.edu>
To: "unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org" <unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [unclug] cleaning up old kernels
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:48:05 +0000

On Apr 18, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Todd Lewis <utoddl AT email.unc.edu> wrote:

> Won't that leave you with an unbootable machine if the latest kernel is
> borken? Seems rather risky to me, Qualys notwithstanding.

Indeed. You'd only want to do this after having confirmed that the new kernel
does not break things. Whether you have a dev/test env where you figure that
out, lag by a couple of weeks before doing that, etc. etc….

Cheers,
--
Cristóbal Palmer
Systems Administrator with Open Systems
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
440 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150

[unclug] cleaning up old kernels, Palmer , Cristóbal, 04/18/2013
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