[BlueOnyx:00974] Re: Yum updated kernel appears not to boot

[Jeff Folk]

Well... with a monitor attached, the box booted and I was able to pull  
up the boot menu. I selected the newest kernel and verified the  
ifconfig... All looked good. Booting in the rack now to see if all is  
okay.

Jeff

On Apr 2, 2009, at 6:51 AM, Jeff Jones wrote:

> 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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