Date:  Sat, 27 May 2006 20:50:23 +0200
From:  "Taco Scargo" <taco (at mark) scargo.nl>
Subject:  [coba-e:05427] Re: Kernel update question
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Hi Lew,

yum does (luckily) not reboot 'if required'
kernels are not even not updated on centos 3 installs if I remember it 
right.
The kernel rpms are excluded in the yum configuration. I don't think this is 
the case with Centos 4 anymore.

Taco
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lew Mark-Andrews" <lew.ml (at mark) imagearts-inc.com>
To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: [coba-e:05425] Re: Kernel update question


> Hi everybody,
>
> If I may return to Maurice's original question:
>
>>> 1. Is guess we need to reboot before this new kernel is active?
>>
>>Yes.
>
> For someone (me!) new to  yum and coming from a Raq 4 background where
> package installs automatically rebooted the box when necessary, does a yum
> update ever automatically reboot if required by the install?
>
> Thanks!
> Lew
>
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