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    [–] RootAccess@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    Out of curiosity: Which operating system(s) can you shutdown while the kernel is being overwritten? I wouldn't imagine that as a limitation of Arch Linux specifically.

    [–] technocat@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I think fedora would survive this abuse. It doesn't replace when you install kernels, but instead adds it.

    [–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Also Fedora ships 3 kernels by default. If one breaks, maybe the others will keep working.

    [–] zloubida@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    With Manjaro you choose how much kernels you want.

    [–] aniki@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Arch let's you install kernels till /boot is full...

    [–] RootAccess@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago

    Yes. I have it set up this way. I forgot it wasn't the default. For the amount of headache it would solve, I wonder if the Arch team has a specific reason for not keeping a number of previous kernels by default.

    [–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

    Ubuntu (and probably Debian too) will keep an old kernel in your grub list so you can boot off that one if needed.

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