revert kernel?

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 23:00:39 UTC 2009


On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net> wrote:
> For testing on a bugzilla, I installed a 2.6.29 kernel from koji.
> It worked fine on my test, but now yum is confused and can't
> update my kernel with "normal" updates.
>
> How the devil do I cleanly back out 2.6.29 so normal kernel updates
> will get installed? (Or what can I tell yum to say "yes, go ahead
> and install a older version number kernel").
>
> The new version packages I have installed:
>
> kernel-doc-2.6.29-10.fc10.noarch
> kernel-2.6.29-10.fc10.x86_64
> kernel-devel-2.6.29-10.fc10.x86_64
> kernel-headers-2.6.29-10.fc10.x86_64
> kernel-firmware-2.6.29-10.fc10.noarch
>
> Note that only kernel and kernel-devel install multiple
> instances, so the firmware, headers, and doc
> on my system are only the 2.6.29 versions (which is what makes
> me want to be very very careful :-).
>

1. Use rpm to install the kernel package(s) that you want, e.g. "rpm
-ivh kernel-xyz kernel-devel-xyz". [Download package for local install
or install directly from the internet, e.g. rpm -ivh url_of_package.]
2. Restart and boot the kernel that you want to keep
3. Remove the kernel, kernel-headers, and kernel-doc, etc. that you do
not want.
4. Use yum to install/upgrade kernel packages.




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