Yum update kernel

Stefan Held obi at unixkiste.org
Fri Feb 4 17:29:37 UTC 2005


Am Freitag, den 04.02.2005, 12:21 -0500 schrieb Frank Pineau:
> Silly question.  When doing a yum update to pick up a new kernel, will
> it remove the old one?  I know rpm -U kernel will.

No it will not. It installs only the new kernel. You will have to remove
the old one manual. 
 
/etc/sysconfig/kernel tells yum what to do with new kernels, making them
the default boot target or not. 

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