At Sat, 7 Aug 2010 20:24:47 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 7 August 2010 20:10, Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > FWIW, I have installed GRUB to separate boot partition -
> > not the MBR of the first hard drive.
> >
> > Whenever there is a kernel update, I have to mount and
> > manually edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file on the boot
> > partition. Yum does not update it, as it doesn't know where
> > it is. I prefer this behaviour, as it means I have total
> > control over which kernel is running, even after a kernel
> > upgrade.
> >
> > I also make backup copies of all kernel files, just in
> > case I need to regress to a previous version, that yum may
> > have removed.
> >
>
> This sounds like what might be happening tome although I'm not sure
> how to resolve this?
>
> As I have mentioned before, in /lib/modules there are sub folders for
> various kernels leading upto the newest release I believe so how can I
> compile those into a vmlinuz image to go into /boot (if that is indeed
> what needs doing?)
No, what is in /lib/modules are the modules that are NOT in vmlinunz.
The base kernel should be in /boot.
>
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