On 10.07.2012 09:47, Ian Malone wrote: > On 10 July 2012 08:33, Mateusz Marzantowicz <mmarzantowicz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> How can I reduce the number of installed kernels to only one on my >> Fedora 17 systems? I'm asking about automated approach without the need >> of manual package removal. >> >> I haven't compiled new kernels myself for a very long time so I don't >> think I'll need more then one kernel installed. >> >> Now, I'm using package-cleanup --oldkernel but it's still cleaning up >> the mess that I want to avoid. >> > You do want two kernels installed at least in case an update fails to > boot. The installonly_limit parameter in /etc/yum.conf manages it, if > you changed it to 1 then all older kernels would be removed by a yum > update. Actually, I think possibly the running kernel will not be > removed, so maybe it's not possible to get down to 1 that way. Maybe > create a service for startup which does the cleanup? That way the old > kernel wouldn't be removed until you successfully booted into the new > one (but that still wouldn't catch things like broken video drivers or > needing to add kernel parameters to work around a problem). > Thanks, a lot. But now one thing bothers me even more. Is it possible that broken kernel which won't boot or cause any other serious problems is released in Fedora 16 or 17? I know that in Rawhide something might go wrong, but in 16, 17? Mateusz Marzantowicz -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
