FlashKernelPostinst

Revision 1 as of 2011-04-21 23:21:46

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Summary

Comply with upstream guidance that the kernel management scripts need to be responsible for ensuring that updates to initramfs and bootloaders are correctly applied to the target hardware.

Release Note

Starting with Ubuntu 11.10, improved mechanisms for updating boot data have been made available, such that any of the kernel, initramfs, or bootloader are only written individually when updated, rather than all updated together. This results in fewer write cycles to the boot medium, extending the life of your hardware.

Rationale

Mostly because upstream says so. Upstream is right because the use of flash kernel considerably increases the risk of operations, as all boot files are written each time any of them are updated, reducing the life of the flash, increasing the chance of write errors, and generally being uselessly redundant.

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