> Ofc yum is perfectly happy with removing "kernel" package, as long there > is still any package in the system providing "kernel", which "vzkernel" > does.
I imagine dracut-kernel and kernel-firmware remain? I think kernel-firmware contains device drivers of sort but what does dracut do? > You just need to know that you can't erase the kernel you're currently > running. > > /snajpa > > On 07/29/2014 12:03 AM, jjs - mainphrame wrote: >> Yum might not be happy erasing the kernel - I'd just disable centos >> kernel updates in the yum config. I also find it useful to be able to >> boot into a vanilla centos kernel for testing - just in case. >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Matt <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I see: >> >> [root]# rpm -qa |grep kern >> kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 >> vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab088.4.x86_64 >> vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab090.3.x86_64 >> vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab092.1.x86_64 >> vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab092.3.x86_64 >> dracut-kernel-004-336.el6_5.2.noarch >> kernel-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 >> kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 >> kernel-2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 >> vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab092.2.x86_64 >> kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.20.5.el6.noarch >> kernel-2.6.32-431.20.5.el6.x86_64 >> >> So would it be safe to do. >> >> yum erase kernel >> >> ??? >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Scott Dowdle >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > Greetings, >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> >> I have OpenVZ installed on CentOS 6.x following this guide. >> >> >> >> https://openvz.org/Quick_Installation_CentOS_6 >> >> >> >> Everytime CentOS releases a new kernel it replaces the OpenVZ kernel >> >> as first boot option. Is there anyway around this other then editing >> >> the boot order manually after running yum update? >> > >> > What I've done is to just remove the stock CentOS kernel because >> what isn't installed doesn't get updated. You could also make it an >> exclude in the /etc/yum.conf if desired. >> > >> > TYL, >> > -- >> > Scott Dowdle >> > 704 Church Street >> > Belgrade, MT 59714 >> > (406)388-0827 <tel:%28406%29388-0827> [home] >> > (406)994-3931 <tel:%28406%29994-3931> [work] >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Users mailing list >> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
