[BlueOnyx:12525] Kernel Question

[Dirk Estenfeld]

Hello,

I am running an 5108R with the following loaded kernel:

Linux <servername> 2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 23 11:13:45 CDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Installed in the systems seems to be newer one:

kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
dracut-kernel-004-283.el6.noarch
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.noarch
kernel-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64

In the /boot directory I have the following files:

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   100203 Aug 23  2011 config-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   101977 Dec 19 00:36 config-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   101977 Feb  5 21:46 config-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root     1024 Oct 19  2011 efi
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     1024 Jun 21  2012 grub
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 14870213 Oct 19  2011 initramfs-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64.img
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 16110413 Dec 20 05:01 initramfs-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64.img
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 16109535 Feb  7 05:01 initramfs-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64.img
drwx------. 2 root root    12288 Oct 19  2011 lost+found
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   165820 Aug 23  2011 symvers-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   179242 Dec 19 00:36 symvers-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   179301 Feb  5 21:47 symvers-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64.gz
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  2278891 Aug 23  2011 System.map-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  2341554 Dec 19 00:36 System.map-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  2342618 Feb  5 21:46 System.map-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  3882448 Aug 23  2011 vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3942480 Dec 19 00:36 vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3942832 Feb  5 21:46 vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64

but the grub.conf looks like this:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root
#          initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
        initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64.img


I see no entries for the newer kernel in the grub.conf.

Is this a mistake? Is it working as designed?
Can I deinstall / reinstall the newer kernel with the hope that grub conf will contain the correct settings after reinstall?

Regards,
Dirk

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