[Users] OpenVZ Kernel

[Matt]

> 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 <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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,
>>     > --
>>     > Scott Dowdle
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