On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 18:12 +0300, Teodor wrote: > Package: kexec-tools > Version: 20080324-2 > Severity: important > > On system reboot 'kexec-tools' will load the kernel with the higher > version (and the first in the list on grub.menu) instead of the > currently running kernel. This could lead to a system down if a > development (buggy) kernel is installed. > > Thanks > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages kexec-tools depends on: > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > kexec-tools recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information: > * kexec-tools/load_kexec: false > > >
By default, kexec-tools loads the kernel symlink'd to /vmlinuz, not the first kernel in grub menu. This is the correct default since installing a deb kernel package updates this link to point to the last kernel installed and this results in correct behavior for majority of users. Anyone who needs to change the default kernel loaded by kexec-tools can do so very easily by editing /etc/default/kexec. This is not a bug, rather the intended behavior by design. Please let me know if you disagree and if you have compelling reasons to change this behavior. -- =================== Khalid Aziz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
