---- Scott Berry <sberry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How do I disable kernel updates in apt-get and yum so no newer kernels can be downloaded but yet if I want to install a kernel I can actually enable downloading it myself? Also what would the syntax look like to enable a kernel download through apt-get? Thanks for the help. > > Scott To disable updates of a package using yum add an exclude line in the /etc/yum.conf file. For example exclude=kernel* I believe this should work. I don't know if doing a yum -y update kernel will force an update. I don't know about apt-get, but I assume it should have something similar. With yum you can also provide the exclude on the command line. Paolo
