No kernel removal by yum

[Paul Smith]

On 6/7/07, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb at tiscali.fr> wrote:
> > Is it possible to program yum so that no kernel is removed when a new
> > one is installed?
>
> As root in a text editor go to /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf.
>
> Change enabled=1 to enabled=0 .
>
> Now you will keep all kernel updates
>
> I don't use Yum, but Apt, which keeps all kernels, but hate that default Yum
> installonlyn.conf that only keeps 2 kernels.
>
> That folks is a genuine pop at Yum's default settings, and the same goes for
> Yum trashing the cache, especially if you're on dialup, and have multiple
> instances of the FC version that you want to update.
>
> Just for info. Apt, and the GUI interface Synaptic, are available from Fedora
> extra's repo. Apt saves all kernels as default, and saves the downloaded
> files in /var/cache/apt/archives. If you have limited harddrive space you
> need to check the archives from time to time, as it can compromise your free
> harddrive space. To send the archives to the trash, just run apt-get clean.
>
> I have more than one instance of some FC versions, so save the archives to a
> FAT32 partition. Then I can just copy them back to the next FC version that
> needs updating, and save a bit of dialup time.
>
> This is what it's like working with dialup. You're allways thinking ahead to
> save download time.
>
> Sorry if I'm rambling, but the initial bit of the post is usefull if you're
> using Yum.

Thanks for all answers.

Paul