grub.conf modified to boot old kernel when applied multiple kernel errata's from Satellite server
Issue
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Installing or updating kernel package(s) from Satellite does not modify
grub.confto make latest kernel to boot by default,- As example: After installing
kernel 2.6.18-194.11.3.el5on client systemgrub.confentries are as below,
# default=0 default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-194.8.1.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 ro root=/dev/rootvg/rootvol initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-194.11.3.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5 ro root=/dev/rootvg/rootvol initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-194.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5 ro root=/dev/rootvg/rootvol initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img - As example: After installing
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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