kernel upgrade with yum removed old kernels

[david walcroft]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On 5/6/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Martin Marques wrote:
>> > I just finished upgrading the kernels in my FC6 with yum and I see this
>> > at the end:
>> >
>> > Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.i686 
>> 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> > Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2948.fc6
>> >
>> > Now, why did it remove does kernel? Shouldn't it just install the new
>> > ones and leave old ones there?
>> >
>> For what it's worth my system at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf
>> is "tokeep=4" but the last kernel update only left 2 kernels in boot.I
>> have no idea how to fix this.
> 
> If you still have the packages for the removed kernels "rpm -ivh
> kernel-2.6.xxx." as either the superuser or root will reinstall them.
> If you don't have the packages locating them will be a hassle since FC
> mirrors keep only the latest two. (A request to the list might work.)
> If you do not want this problem to reoccur edit installonlyn.conf and
> disable the plugin.
> 
> In any event you should file a bug report.
> 
>>    david
> 
I tried that,this is the result.

[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.i686
kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.i686
kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.i686
kernel-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6.i686
[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh
rpm: no packages given for install
[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.i686 
kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.i686
error: open of kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.i686 failed: No such file or 
directory
error: open of kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.i686 failed: No such file or 
directory

   thanks  david