FC7 from FC6 - Grub non updated [MORE INFO]

[Jim Cornette]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Tony Nelson wrote:
> 
>> It is also my experience that all "old" kernels are deleted.  Kernels for
>> a
>> different installation are also removed. 
> 
> That's strange.
> I have upgraded 6 very different computers from FC-6 to F-7,
> and all have kept FC-6 kernels.
> Possibly because I have
> =============================
> [main]
> enabled=1
> # this sets the number of package versions which are kept
> tokeep=2
> =============================
> in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf ?
> 
> 
> 

Yum upgrades and anaconda installer work differently. The anaconda 
installer removes all but the one kernel. It would leave a newer kernel 
in place and not update grub if he kernel is newer than the version on 
the install medium.