This is driving me crazy...wrong kernel boots up after installing new one

[Robert Nichols]

ne... wrote:
> On 8/31/07, Jonathan Steffan <jon at fedoraunity.org> wrote:
> 
>> The question is why the install didn't set the new kernel to boot by
>> default. This has happened to me a few times now, even with non-test
>> kernels.
> IMNSHO, this is not the way to go. You have no idea whether the new
> kernel will work. Manually select it and if it works change grub.conf.
> having said that I believe there is a setting that does this for you.
> I am not sure where tho as I do not use it.

If you do want to change that behavior, the setting is in
/etc/sysconfig/kernel :

     # UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if new-kernel-pkg should make
     # new kernels the default
     UPDATEDEFAULT=yes

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