The update removed all of the installed kernels

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I have kernel-alive installed, should this be removed then before updating?

yes.

@Please use kernel-modules-hook instead of kernel-alive!

The kernel-alive package is a convenience problem package

ftfy

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However, looks like I do not have kernel-modules-hook installed

Well it is not required. But if you want something that does the job of kernel-alive without (as many) issues… then you might want to install it.