On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:20:13 -0400, Robert Locke <rlocke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 09:43, jeem machine wrote: > > Just go to /boot/grub.conf and change default to 0 > > Then it will always boot with the last kernel installed > > Jeem > > > > Ummmm, careful on how you say that.... > > While rpm -i will place the "new kernel" as the first stanza in > grub.conf, it also shifts the default= line to continue to point to > whichever kernel was being booted by default before. > > It is only through a post-installation function in yum or "perhaps no > longer" in up2date that it will make the new kernel the default one. > The problem in this thread is discussing the merits "or not" of this > post-installation routine "automatically" pointing to the new kernel. > It appears, at the moment, that kernel updates via up2date are now > requiring us to manually edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and make the > edit you are suggesting, but that needs to be done following each kernel > update. Currently, yum is making the change automatically. > > --Rob > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Thanks for pointing that out. I just found out myself and was confused. Jeem
