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Re: [Xen-users] How to stop yum update on CentOS 5.1 to modify grub



Bas Mevissen wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:

You can change it by modifying the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel:

# UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if new-kernel-pkg should make
# new kernels the default
UPDATEDEFAULT=yes

# DEFAULTKERNEL specifies the default kernel package type
DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-xen

Make sure that your default kernel is "kernel-xen" and not "kernel" obviously.

Regards,

Bas.

Cool, thank you. Does the kernel version affect this, or get affected by this at all?

When a new kernel is installed, the post install script touched the file to change old "kernel-smp" references to "kernel". Script should only update after a check on kernel-smp IMHO.

But if you have both xen-enabled and non-xen kernels installed, they both get updated when a new kernel of either type is available.

The /etc/sysconfig/kernel file only determines whether the newly installed kernel becomes the default. I personally don't see why there are two switched needed for that. Guess it is for historical reasons.

Regards,

Bas.

(please keep the list posted)



ok, now I have a tricky question. Do I need to have both kernels installed? What if I remove the standard kernel, and only keep the xen kernel?

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