Kernel panic after updating to 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 kernel
Antti J. Huhtala
ahuhtal4 at welho.com
Mon Jul 23 10:27:08 UTC 2007
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:17:59 +1000, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au>
wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> >> Nevertheless, I'd appreciate any pointers in resolving the problem. When
> >> installing the next kernel, I don't wish to be left with new kernel that
> >> possibly won't work, and a kernel that definitely doesn't work.
> >
> > You can at least avoid that fate by editing
> >
> > /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf
> >
> > This is responsible for controlling the "last 2 kernels" action in
> > yum... you can either disable it in there or change the number of
> > kernels it keeps.
> At the value of two, yum will keep the currently running kernel, install
> a newer kernel, and then erase any other one (it wont erase your
> currently running one). Given you can't boot the dodgy one, to the point
> where you can run yum, there isn't a way for the possibility you suggest
> to occur.
>
> There is other yum- plugings to hold packages at certain releases etc.
>
> DaveT.
>
Ah yes, of course. Thanks for pointing this out to me, Dave. Why didn't
I think of it myself? Well, this isn't the first (or last) time my
ignorance was revealed. Hopefully I'm learning though...
BR, Antti
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