[BlueOnyx:00973] Re: Yum updated kernel appears not to boot

[Jeff Jones]

Sounds like a nightmare.

I hate kernel updates.

It screws up my VM drivers as they all have to be complied for a  
particular kernel.

Is there any way to avoid installing this? I know you can exclude  
packages, but are kernel updates mandatory?

And it was all going so well!

Jeff



On 2 Apr 2009, at 12:38, Jeff Folk wrote:

> Uh oh...
>
> Yum update was fine to CentOS 5.3 last night, but there was a kernel
> update in there this morning:
>
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> --> Running transaction check
>> ---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 set to be
>> updated
>> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 set to be installed
>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>
>> Dependencies Resolved
>>
>> =
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>> =
>> =
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>> =
>> =
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>> =
>> = 
>> =====================================================================
>> Package              Arch       Version
>> Repository     Size
>> =
>> =
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>> =
>> =
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>> =====================================================================
>> Installing:
>> kernel               i686       2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
>> updates        15 M
>> Updating:
>> kernel-headers       i386       2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
>> updates       915 k
>>
>> Transaction Summary
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
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>> =
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>> =====================================================================
>> Install      1 Package(s)
>> Update       1 Package(s)
>> Remove       0 Package(s)
>>
>> Total download size: 16 M
>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>
> There is disk activity... but as it is headless, I'll have to pull it
> from the rack to see what is going on. Any suggestions?
>
> Jeff
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