Hibernate and GRUB

[dragoran]

Chris Jones wrote:
>
>> Afaik "yum update kernel" ensures there are always two kernels
>> installed. So it will retain the most recent (running) one, remove any
>> older kernel(s), install the new one and make it the default. In case
>> there is an issue with the new one you can still boot the old one and
>> have an operational system to fix the issue.
>
> Exactly. It is very bad practice to only keep one working kernel on a 
> system, even for those you term "non-advanced" users. If that kernel 
> gets toasted (and it can happen to anyone) you have no alternate to 
> boot from. As explained above FC always keeps at least two kernels, 
> and on my systems I tend to up this to three or even four.
>
> Also, I don't think simply letting the suspend "tag" the kernel that 
> was used, so you "know" which it is in the grub menu is any better. 
> How is it tagged ? Say the default one is altered - Can you honestly 
> say that every time you boot your machine you can recall if the last 
> time it was turned off it was suspended or shutdown ? I doubt I can. 
> What if it wasn't you who did it last time.... The user can still use 
> a different kernel to the "default" one, innocently, and toast their 
> system.
>
> No - I still say whatever system is used it must guard against this - 
> It must not be possible to choose the wrong kernel after a suspend. I 
> don't know it there is some way to maintain this safeguard and still 
> allow people to boot directly to windows ? If there is great, but I 
> think maintaining this safety is much more important than some "fast 
> windows" boot. After all, you can still get to windows with things how 
> they are, it just requires a proper reboot.
>
> Chris
>

what about storing the kernel version in the suspend image and refuse to 
boot if it does not match the running kernel?