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ClarkVent
1st May 2008, 23:22
This is a question regarding this HowTo:

How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB Configuration) (Debian Etch) (http://www.howtoforge.com/software-raid1-grub-boot-debian-etch)

I've set up my system using this HowTo, and it's running great. At boot up, I get a choice to boot from either hd0 or hd1:

http://images.howtoforge.com/images/swraid1_grub_boot_debian_etch/1.gif

Today, I got this Debian security update:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1565-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier
May 1, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : linux-2.6
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-6694 CVE-2008-0007 CVE-2008-1294 CVE-2008-1375

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel
that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary
code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:


So I do a "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". After it has installed the new kernel image, it tells me to reboot which I do.

At reboot, I immediately noticed it has changed grub's menu.lst without creating a backup of my old menu.lst. So I change the menu.lst back to what it is supposed to be.

But is that the only I need to change/do after a new kernel image has been installed? Or do I need to do some other stuff too, perhaps a "update-initramfs -u"?

falko
2nd May 2008, 16:54
That should be all you need to do. IT should then boot your old kernel again using the old ramdisk.

ClarkVent
2nd May 2008, 19:48
Well, I don't want to boot the old kernel, but the new.

falko
3rd May 2008, 22:06
What's in your menu.lst, and what's the output of ls -la /boot?