From fd09a5dd93f144248b81f208b0ae45c850dca955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Rowe
# pacman -S linux-libre-lts
+ It was also suggested that you should install this kernel (read up on what GRSEC is):
+ # pacman -S linux-libre-grsec
+
This is another kernel that sits inside /boot, which you can use. LTS means 'long-term support'. These are so-called 'stable' kernels
that can be used as a fallback during updates, if a bad kernel causes issues for you.
@@ -305,7 +309,9 @@
Now using mkinitcpio, you can create the kernel and ramdisk for booting with (note, this is different than Arch, specifying linux-libre instead of linux):
# mkinitcpio -p linux-libre
Also do it for linux-libre-lts:
- # mkinitcpio -p linux-libre-lts
+ # mkinitcpio -p linux-libre-lts
+ Also do it for linux-libre-grsec:
+ # mkinitcpio -p linux-libre-grsec
@@ -383,6 +389,9 @@
grub> initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-libre-lts.img
grub> boot
+ You could also make it load /boot/vmlinuz-linux-libre-grsec and /boot/initramfs-linux-libre-grsec.img +
Note: the underlined parts above (-lts) can also be removed, to boot the latest kernel instead of LTS (long-term support) kernels. You could also copy the menu entry and in one have -lts, and without in the other menuentry. + You could also create a menu entry to load /boot/vmlinuz-linux-libre-grsec and /boot/initramfs-linux-libre-grsec.img
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