Re: kernel version modules

John Dangler wrote:

"The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
Unless you used the optional flag in lilo, you nay need to re-run lilo."

My guess is that these are referring to the update in grub, but, again -
not sure.

No, they're referring to lilo, which has problems if you just remove
kernels - and usually uses those symlinks. Grub obviously won't let you
boot into those, but it should be working.
--
derek


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