On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 10:16:05AM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > >installed trimmed down therefore makes sense. Plus, since kernel updates > >often fix severe security problems, leaving old ones around once your new > >kernel works is introducing an unneeded (small, of course) risk. > well 2 version isnt a prob ... and not usually a bad idea until you are > hapy the new kernel does wot it is supposed to do .... > wot "risk" are you talking about? The system could inadvertently get booted into an old, insecure kernel with known root exploits. Better to get rid of binaries with known holes. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
