[CentOS] Re: Worth upgrading desktop to 5.1?

[Sean Carolan]

> If you want to keep your existing kernel for a while, just change the 
> grub default back after the update installs the new one.  Then you can 
> switch, reboot, and rebuild the necessary stuff whenever you have a chance.

Thanks, this is probably what I will end up doing.  I tend to err on the side 
of caution when applying updates, especially a single-user box that is not 
exposing any inbound ports or services to the Internet.