====== Update The Kernel Package Appropriately To Ensure A Bootable System ======

**General Information**

Updating (installing) new kernels. 

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===== Current Kernels =====

View current kernel version
<code bash>
uname -r
</code>

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Show currently installed and version(s) available
<code bash>
yum clean all
yum list kernel
</code>

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===== Install New Kernel =====

Two methods:

1) Update kernel using yum (preferred)
<code bash>
yum update kernel
</code>

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2) Download and install kernel manually
<code bash>
yumdownloader kernel
rpm -ivh kernel-3.10.0-229.1.2.el7.x86_64
</code>

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View kernel files (vmlinuz)
<code bash>
cd /boot
ls -l
</code>

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