At Sat, 7 Aug 2010 20:24:47 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On 7 August 2010 20:10, Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> > > 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. > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk