[Users] OpenVZ Kernel

[jjs - mainphrame]

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 <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com> 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 <dowdle at montanalinux.org>
> 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,
> > --
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