Hello Robert,
From the sounds of it you have both kernels installed. Just
removing it from menu.lst does not uninstall it.
You must "yum remove kernel-smp"
To verify that you actually have it installed, try:
rpm -qa |grep kernel
(will list all modules installed with kernel in the packagename)
or
rpm -qa |grep kernel-smp
If you have any kernel-smp installed, you can use "yum remove" or
"rpm -e" to remove them. Once removed, they shouldn't give you
problems any longer on the updates.
jer
Friday, October 28, 2005, 9:33:27 AM, you wrote:
> There was a discussion here several days ago that was precipitated by my
> decision to manually install the new kernel before YUMming the upgrade
> to CentOS 4.2. The upgrade went south but I recovered by doing a fresh
> install and a bunch of copying from backups. All's well EXCEPT that I'm
> back in the same "box", thanks to anaconda.
> I set out to upgrade kernels this morning:
> [root@mavis download]# yum update kernel\*
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
> base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
> extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
-->> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
--->> Downloading header for kernel-hugemem-devel to pack into
> transaction set.
> kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6. 100% |=========================| 656 kB 00:04
--->> Package kernel-hugemem-devel.i686 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be updated
--->> Downloading header for kernel-smp-devel to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-22 100% |=========================| 648 kB 00:04
--->> Package kernel-smp-devel.i686 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be updated
--->> Downloading header for kernel-devel to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.0.1 100% |=========================| 642 kB 00:04
--->> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be installed
--->> Downloading header for kernel to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.i6 100% |=========================| 151 kB 00:00
--->> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be installed
--->> Downloading header for kernel-smp to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.1.E 100% |=========================| 151 kB 00:00
--->> Package kernel-smp.i686 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be installed
--->> Downloading header for kernel-doc to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-doc-2.6.9-22.0.1.E 100% |=========================| 123 kB 00:00
--->> Package kernel-doc.noarch 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be updated
-->> Running transaction check
> Dependencies Resolved
> =============================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
> kernel i686 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 9.7 M
> kernel-devel i686 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 3.6 M
> kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 9.4 M
> Updating:
> kernel-doc noarch 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 2.0 M
> kernel-hugemem-devel i686 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 3.6 M
> kernel-smp-devel i686 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL update 3.6 M
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install 3 Package(s)
> Update 3 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 32 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: n
> Exiting on user Command
> Complete!
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> [root@mavis download]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-22.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-22.EL
> kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-22.EL
> kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.69
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.EL
> kernel-doc-2.6.9-22.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.EL
> [root@mavis
> download]#
> ...and was reminded that anaconda installed both kernels from the CentOS
> 4.2 DVD.
> I verified that I had, indeed repaired /boot/grub/grub.conf following
> the install:
> [root@mavis download]# cat /etc/grub.conf
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hdb
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> #hiddenmenu
> title CentOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.EL.img
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> Then, I proceeded with the kernel upgrade and checked grub.conf again
> [root@mavis download]# cat /etc/grub.conf
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hdb
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> #hiddenmenu
> title CentOS (2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp.img
> title CentOS (2.6.9-22.0.1.EL)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.img
> title CentOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.EL.img
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> [root@mavis download]#
> To find that the ^%#$@ smp kernel is once more the default!
> And THAT is why this automagic stuff sometimes scares hell outta me.
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