Hello all,

I am a newbie just learning Linux. I dual boot Windows XP Pro with Fedora 4.

I did a yum update recently and it seems to have updated my kernel version as well. Now there are 3 entries in GRUB splash screen.

1) Fedora 136
2) Fedora 156
3) Win XP Pro

When I booted into the newest Fedora Kernel I had to install the NVidia driver all over again. I have 2 questions about this:

1) How can I get rid of the old fedora entry in grub? And if I delete it should I also delete the old files of the old kernel or keep them just in case I cannot boot into the newer Fedora Kernel?

2) How can I configure yum updater to not update the kernel in the future? (The first time I ran yum update it downloaded almost 600MB of stuff!!)

Thanks guys. I am very happy with Fedora so far and as soon as I learn how to run MS Office and DVDShrink 3.2 in WINE I can pitch Win XP altogether.

I would keep the old kernel around for a while just to be sure. When you do want to remove a kernel, this is how I do it as root ( su - ).

uname -r # Just to be sure what kernel you are using
rpm -qa | grep kernel

yum remove old_kernel_with_numbers

rpm -qa | grep kernel


If you don't want to do kernel updates, put a line in /etc/yum.conf
exclude=kernel*

Thank You very much Homey,

This information was just what I needed and solved my problem. I am very grateful for such a fast and accurate response.

If there was a reputation system on this board I would definately give you rep points.

If such a system exists please advise.

easiest way is to do this:

log in as root

go to /boot/grub

edit menu.lst

delete the entries you don't want.

save file and exit

restart computer.

That last method doesn't actually remove the kernel however, it just removes it from the boot options list (which may or may not be what you want). Incidentally, menu.lst is just a symlink to grub.conf.

No, (it's been discussed) but you can rate the thread.