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  • neidu3@sh.itjust.workstoLinux@lemmy.mlGRUB is confusing
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    6 days ago

    You have one per installed kernel. Not sure what (if any) automagic is common for removing old kernels, I guess this varies between distros, but at least on my computers, old kernel remain. At least the previous one, maybe more. It comes in handy in case a kernel upgrade breaks something, which it actually did recently on one of my laptops - makes it easier to boot from old kernel and revert.

    EDIT: I just checked. I have just one on my daily driver. It’s quite new, and I don’t think I’ve had a kernel upgrade on that one, so it makes sense.

    On my work laptop (the one with borked kernel upgrade) I have two.

    So what you most likely have is one or more vmlinuz-version-numbers, and then simply a symlink named just vmlinuz to the version you boot from.


  • neidu3@sh.itjust.workstoLinux@lemmy.mlGRUB is confusing
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    Short answer to your last paragraph:
    vmlinuz is the kernel. It ends with z instead of x, because it’s z-compressed to save space. (I’ve heard that it’s possible to use an uncompressed kernel for that 1ms faster boot time)
    Initramfs (not intramuscular, which my autocorrect thinks is appropriate) is a small filesystem blob, “initial ram filesystem”, meant to be loaded directly into ram to allow the kernel to talk to your hardware via drivers. It also has a lot of binaries needed to perform other tasks that need to run before the root filesystem is mounted.















  • No. NK has a bunch of artillery hidden in the forested mountains just north of the border. And and SK has a lot of population centers within within firing distance. And this includes rockets/missiles with some rather spicy warheads.

    And rough terrain ensures that a quick blitz to topple the government and their nuclear arsenal won’t work.

    Sure, NK will not be able to hold off SK in the long run, especially if SK invites friends. But Seoul will be leveled.

    Plus, China really does not want a US ally on its border, and are likely to intervene.