On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:49 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > > The yum update is a problem now. I let it go to the point where it > > does what it says it will and I said no! Most of what it wants to do is > > fine. But it wants to erase my current kernel and install 41 again. I > > have been through this already today! > > AFAIK yum will *never* remove the kernel you are currently running. So > if by your "current kernel" you mean the one you are using, you are safe > from that being removed. > > Chris > That is hardly likely to be true. What you install is a disk file, what you are running is in memory. Although, that could be a rule that is implemented. I just don't know. Does anyone know? Although, I will admit for reasons to complicated to explain removing the file that represents the running kernel might get the machine in trouble under certain circumstances. -- ======================================================================= In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. -- Pliny the Elder ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
