On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Robert E. Blair <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You're quite right Troy. It's not as simple as what I put forth. I > hadn't appreciated how many "kernel\*"s there were! My point was that > using "update" leaves you with only the testing kernel and removes your > present working one. If the testing kernel works out okay then all is > well. If not you are in a bit of a fix. 'yum update kernel' will not remove all older kernels. kernel is a special case. I think the default is to keep 3 kernels (in 5.2) but this depends on the setup as well as the version of yum. Akemi