Saving more than two kernels

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> 
>>>> In /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf. change
>>>> tokeep=2 to tokeep=5.
>>> Unless some one can tell us which service to restart the only way I
>>> know of for this to take hold and actually work is to reboot the system.
>>
>> There is no service.  This file is read by yum every time it is run.  If
>> you change it, the next time you run yum, it should pick up the new
>> value.  I routinely change this from 2 to 5 on all of my machines.
> 
> Have you ever actually needed to go back to something earlier than the
> kernel you were running when the update picked up the next one?

Yes, I have.  Sometimes, the support modules for the new kernel are net
yet available, and if I'm testing the previously new kernel, and it
fails for me after installing the newest one, I need to go back to the
previous one which actually worked.

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