kernel-smp not new default in grub after yum update

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Sat Feb 26 23:06:57 UTC 2005


On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 02:42:30AM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 23:44 -0800, Scott Talbot wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 12:53 -0500, Mail Lists wrote:
> > >    Whenever I yum update a new kernel the grub default does
> > >    not get set to the new smp kernel. On non-smp systems

> The spec for the install/update of grub.conf does that.
> In FC3 the new kernel stanza is written as the first entry and pushes
> the others down.  The default is not changed from 0 so it automatically
> selects the new one to boot.


   AHa! Ok this _is_ the bug.

   On SMP system I have both UP and SMP kernel - when new kernels
   are added the UP is always listed before the SMP one - hence
   the UP becomes the new default.

   Bug yes?


   g/




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