Yum update on FC5 install new kernel but don't update grub.conf

[Gene Heskett]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>> High jacking a thread here...  Thats one of the reasons I don't like 
>> yum putzing with my grub.conf.
>>
>> At home, I've been building the latest Linus or Greg KH  kernels from 
>> scratch, and I've found that there does not seem to be a maximum 
>> number of entries in my grub.conf, so I only clean house when the 
>> /boot partition is pretty well filled up, meaning there are probably 
>> 20+ entries in my grub.conf at any one time.
>>
>> To me, editing grub.conf is a no-brainer, and it stays a heck of a 
>> lot neater appearing than when yum does it.
>
> However, I expect that for many newbies, editing a grub config file 
> would be an operation accompanied by great trepidation, lest it result 
> in an unbootable system.
>
Rule #1:  Never, ever, touch a currently working entry in your grub.conf.
>> So my question then is: Can yum be told to dl and install the new 
>> kernels but leave grub.conf alone, and not remove the older kernel?
>
> It's not yum that does this, it's the kernel package post-install 
> script. It would not be a good idea to turn off all scripts in yum as 
> that would break *lots* of things.
>
> You can prevent removals of old kernels by disabling the installonlyn 
> yum plugin.
>
So I found after reading a few more messages in this thread Paul, and I 
just set it for 6.  Thanks to all the other posters pointing that out.
> Paul.
>


-- 
Cheers, Gene