Install different kernel

b42 · 2024-01-02 18:52:24

Hello,

So I reinstalled Arch on another device with my old installation from USB which has been sitting there for over 4 months I think.

My old device has kernel 6.5.9 and my new device has kernel 6.6.8 even though I did not download the newest release of Arch.

Why did I get newer kernel and how do I switch to my previous one? I can see some changes with interrupts with my system and it gives extra work on top.

WorMzy · 2024-01-02 19:02:05

Arch doesn't have 'releases', it is 'rolling'. When you run pacstrap (or archinstall), it will pull down the current versions of packages from the repos. If you want to freeze your systems to a point in time, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive although I would question why you picked a rolling release distro in the first place.

b42 · 2024-01-02 21:31:18

After I did

 pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware ...

I could not chroot into the OS, I had to do

pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

to be able to chroot

Is it because my install in USB drive was older than the current one?

seth · 2024-01-02 22:13:39

This makes no sense at all.
chrooting doesn't depend on any keyring, let alone the pacman ones.
You must have performed a step between the keyring update and the chroot and there was also probably some error you didn't mention and nothing of that has anything to do w/ your OP.

b42 · 2024-01-02 23:00:22

I think what happened there is that packages did not install correctly, can it be the case?

seth · 2024-01-02 23:03:56

Can be. Can be not. Could have been cosmic rays or the wrath of a god. Could have been hallucination.
Who knows.

seth wrote:

there was also probably some error you didn't mention

V1del · 2024-01-02 23:05:32

You would've been given a message to that effect. but this still has no relation to your OP. A pacstrap will always pull the latest packages available from the repositories which is said kernel. Again if you want to freeze your system in time Arch is the wrong distribution. You could try and opt for the LTS kernel if you want more "stalebility" in that regard, but note that as soon as 6.7 gets released and packaged the LTS will jump to the current LTS which is 6.6 again.

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Install different kernel

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