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| - | ====== Update The Kernel Package Appropriately To Ensure A Bootable System ====== | ||
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| - | **General Information** | ||
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| - | Updating (installing) new kernels. | ||
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| - | ===== Current Kernels ===== | ||
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| - | View current kernel version | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | uname -r | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | \\ | ||
| - | Show currently installed and version(s) available | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | yum clean all | ||
| - | yum list kernel | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||
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| - | ===== Install New Kernel ===== | ||
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| - | Two methods: | ||
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| - | 1) Update kernel using yum (preferred) | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | yum update kernel | ||
| - | </ | ||
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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 | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | View kernel files (vmlinuz) | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | cd /boot | ||
| - | ls -l | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||