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Old 09-19-2009, 04:03 PM   #1
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fedora-11 live-usb update kernel


hi, i ran this but for some reason it keeps using the old kernel:

Code:
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install kernel kernel-devel
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Package kernel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package kernel-devel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ ll /boot
total 13500
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   92325 2009-05-27 17:37 config-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   95218 2009-08-27 21:51 config-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root    4096 2009-06-04 15:50 efi
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  118396 2009-04-24 15:19 elf-memtest86+-2.11
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    4096 2009-04-29 17:33 grub
-rw-------. 1 root root 3443403 2009-09-19 15:43 initrd-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64.img
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  116720 2009-04-24 15:19 memtest86+-2.11
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1624707 2009-05-27 17:37 System.map-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1753873 2009-08-27 21:51 System.map-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3118000 2009-05-27 17:37 vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3432720 2009-08-27 21:51 vmlinuz-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.x86_64
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
cat: /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ uname -a -m -p
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 27 17:27:08 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
there seems to be no menu.lst or grub.conf for the live usb. how do i force it to use the new kernel ?
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