Rolling back kernel
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Apr 19 18:31:46 UTC 2007
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> What's the best way to roll back to a previous kernel? The current
> 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 is causing one of my servers to lock up once every 24
> hours, something that did not happen with the previous kernel (2933).
> If I simply try to install 2933 right now, it tells me there are two
> files that conflict with the current installation of 2944:
>
> file /usr/include/linux/eventpoll.h from install of
> kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 conflicts with file from package
> kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6
> file /usr/include/linux/if_packet.h from install of
> kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 conflicts with file from package
> kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6
>
> Can I ignore those errors and force the installation, fix grub.conf
> and reboot (then remove 2944) ?
Normally your previous kernel is kept when yum installs a new one in an
update. You should be able to select it from the grub boot menu or edit
grub.conf to make it the default unless you removed it yourself after
installing the new one.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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