grub.conf modified to boot old kernel when applied multiple kernel errata's from Satellite server

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installing or updating kernel package(s) from Satellite does not modify grub.conf to make latest kernel to boot by default,

    • As example: After installing kernel 2.6.18-194.11.3.el5 on client system grub.conf entries 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  
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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