How do I boot using an alternate / previous / older kernel?
Issue
- I installed a new kernel with
yumand am now experiencing issues, how can I boot into an alternate / previous / older kernel?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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