yum wants to remove my kernels, why?

[Mike Chambers]

On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 21:33 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> This is FC5T1 (with some updates from devel).
> 
> If I try to run yum update, it says:
> Removing:
>  kernel                  x86_64     2.6.14-1.1696_FC5  installed          84
> M
>  kernel                  x86_64     2.6.15-1.1826.2.9_FC5  installed         
> 82 M
> 
> Seems to be acting as if it doesn't recognize these as kernel packages that
> should be installonly.

The installonly means it will only *install* (as in, along with the
other package versions), and not *upgrade* (as in, that would be the
only version of the package).

I believe what you are seeing is yum removing the oldest kernels (older
than the last two releases on your computer, not counting what kernel
your booted up with), and leaving the latest two (or something to that
effect).

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

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