Re: kernel install/update tries to remove older kernel

Posted by toracat on 2007/9/15 0:04:31

Edit the file /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf and look for a line like:

tokeep=5

to keep old kernels up to 5, for example. I believe the default is 2.

[EDIT - added in July 2009] This info is obsolete as of CentOS 5.3. Please see post #6 of this forum thread.