yum removing old kernels?

[Danny Ciarniello]

Antonio Olivares wrote:

>--- Danny Ciarniello <Dan_Ciarniello at telus.net> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>When I do a yum update I get
>>
>>Installing:
>> kernel                  x86_64    
>>2.6.16-1.2080_FC5  
>>updates            16 M
>>...
>>Removing:
>> kernel                  x86_64    
>>2.6.15-1.2054_FC5  
>>installed          81 M
>>
>>Since when does yum remove old kernels
>>automatically?  Seems a bit 
>>dangerous to me.  What if there's a problem and one
>>needs a fallback?
>>    
>>
>
>>From previous advice on the fedora-test-list, they
>told me to do the following
>
>disable the installonlyn plugin
>edit /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf
>enabled=0
>
>and also read for more help/advice
>http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2006/01/updating-kernel-removing-old-ones.html
>  
>
OK.  I understand now.  installonly.conf has tokeep=2.  I already have 
the 2054 and 2069 builds so adding the 2080 build means that the 2054 
build can go.  I think I will probably leave things as is.

Thanks,
Dan.