In order to keep only 3 kernel images on a CentOS 7 I edited /etc/yum.conf and I
put
installonly_limit=3
This parameter works for standard kernel images, but does not work for rescue
images:
$ ls -al /boot/vmlinuz*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5027376 May 13 20:46
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-2554e2ffad84452bb07401bed0a61089
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3084288 Jun 27 06:42
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-2be43759d5354c5a84125dea5b4a02ab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5029136 Mar 18 05:18
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-3871136569fb49cb934a276af5e09b32
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5029008 Mar 31 19:54
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-ca5579e88a014362836fa90f4aa34248
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5029744 Aug 6 16:31
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-e2ae4db2b909488088e78ac4064661d2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5029744 Aug 6 03:15
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-229.11.1.el7.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5027376 May 13 12:15
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-229.4.2.el7.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5029200 Jun 24 00:15
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64
Is there a way to keep rescue images within a certain limit?
Thank you in advance
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Ciao,
luigi
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Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
2015-Aug-23 22:24 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS 7 - Limiting rescue kernel imeges
On 08/23/2015 12:23 PM, Luigi Rosa wrote:> In order to keep only 3 kernel images on a CentOS 7 I edited > /etc/yum.conf and I put > > installonly_limit=3 > > > This parameter works for standard kernel images, but does not work for > rescue images: ><snip>> Is there a way to keep rescue images within a certain limit?man yum.conf , search for installonlypkgs (that's on centos6, might vary in 7)
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote on 24/08/2015 00:24:>> installonly_limit=3 >> >> >> This parameter works for standard kernel images, but does not work for >> rescue images: >> > <snip> >> Is there a way to keep rescue images within a certain limit? > > man yum.conf , search for installonlypkgs (that's on centos6, might vary in 7)According to man page: /* installonlypkgs List of package provides that should only ever be installed, never updated. */ This is not the case for two reasons: (1) I want to install rescue kernel image and (2) there is no rpm package for rescue kernel -- Ciao, luigi / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.