You were just overthinking it. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 9:01 AM Michael wrote: > Thanks I should have been smart enough to realize that > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> It's kind of like windows safe mode boot. >> >> The recovery kernel boots with enough stuff for you to do maintenance or >> recovery work on your system. Like performing a chkdisk or maybe restoring >> a tar file or other things. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 8:37 AM Michael wrote: >> >>> yes.... but I was wondering about the recovery kernels. >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:29 AM Bob Elzer wrote: >>> >>>> There is a setting that lets you specify how many previous versions of >>>> the kernel to show on the boot screen. Whenever the kernel is updated the >>>> new kernel will be listed as the first and selected kernel on the boot >>>> screen, with the previous kernels listed below it followed by the recovery >>>> kernel. >>>> >>>> You can interrupt the countdown to the boot process by hitting the ESC >>>> key. >>>> >>>> After which you can use the up and down keys to select the kernel you >>>> want to boot followed by the return key. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 7:12 AM Michael wrote: >>>> >>>>> There ia a screen in which you can select which kernel you wish to >>>>> load. it gives a list of kernels and every other one is a recovery kernel. >>>>> How do you use those kernels? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen