By xmmedia
I have a server that has the following kernels installed:
kernel-2.6.32-696.13.2.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-696.18.7.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64
I’m using the DO GrubLoader 0.2 kernel in the control panel, but the server boots with:
2.6.32-696.18.7.el6.x86_64
I’ve changed /etc/grub.conf so it specifies the 20.1 kernel:
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=UUID=59e3d92c-67e1-4cc4-bc90-76123b617391 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64.img
What I am I missing? Why won’t it boot to 2.6.32-696.20.1 or 2.6.32-696.16.1?
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Hi guys,
look at this on superuser.com:
https://superuser.com/questions/1295441/how-do-i-upgrade-my-kernel-in-centos-6-to-the-latest-version
I’ve tried to manually erase the old kernel on a test server and then rebooted, it worked ;)
I’ve also manually deleted the old kernel entry on /etc/grub.conf
So in your case:
rpm --erase kernel-2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86_64
shutdown -r now
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