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CentOS6: why i can't update to kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64 ?

Posted on November 2, 2016

#uname -r 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64

rpm -qa |grep kernel

kernel-2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64 dracut-kernel-004-409.el6_8.2.noarch

yum update is working everyday. According to log, new kernel has been already installed. but after reboot, my OS still use 2.6.32-504.12.2.

Is there anything I can do? Does it mean that server isn’t compatible with new kernel?

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