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    This document discusses updating the kernel on a Red Hat system. It describes determining the current kernel version, obtaining a newer kernel package from repositories or by downloading directly, installing the new kernel package and its dependencies, and configuring GRUB to boot the new kernel by default.

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    This document discusses updating the kernel on a Red Hat system. It describes determining the current kernel version, obtaining a newer kernel package from repositories or by downloading directly, installing the new kernel package and its dependencies, and configuring GRUB to boot the new kernel by default.

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    L­­ive!

    Lab

    Updating the
    Kernel
    Contents Related Courses

    Introduction 1
    Red Hat CSA 7
    Determining the Kernel 1

    Obtaining the New Kernel 1


    Related Videos
    Downloading the Kernel 1

    Booting Different Kernels 2


    Update the
    Kernel Package
    Appropriately to
    Ensure a Bootable
    System

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    • The IP address of your server is located on the Live!
    Lab page
    • Username: linuxacademy
    • Password: 123456
    • Root Password: 123456
    Updating the Kernel Linux Academy

    Introduction
    While in most instances, you can update your Red Hat system’s kernel with yum, downloading and installing
    the latest kernel using RPM is an alternative method for keeping your kernel up-to-date.

    Note
    This process can also be used to install a custom kernel on the system. Red Hat does not
    consider any “Red Hat” systems running a custom kernel a Red Hat system.

    Start the Live! Lab, and then SSH into your server with the given credentials. We need to work as root to
    update the kernel. You can also prepend sudo to any commands if working as a superuser.

    Determining the Kernel


    Use the unamecommand to view information regarding your system. In particular, we want to use the
    uname -r command, which outputs the kernel release number:

    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# uname -r


    3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64

    Your results should be similar, if not identical. The kernel 3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64 is the default kernel in
    this lab. If running on an outside server, your results may differ.

    Obtaining the New Kernel


    Now that you are aware of the kernel version run yum list kernel to see if there are any available kernel
    updates. When run, you may receive a notification stating that the repodata is out-of-date. To solve this, run
    yum clean all and then re-run the previous command:

    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# yum clean all


    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# yum list kernel

    The output now lists a newer, updated kernel, currently 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7, although yours may be newer.

    Downloading the Kernel


    We can download the RPM of the new kernel through the use of yumdownloader. Run:

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    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# yumdownloader kernel

    And install:

    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# rpm -ivh kernel-3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64.rpm

    The name of your kernel package may vary. At this point you may realize, upon running the above command,
    you receive an error relating to failed dependencies. To resolve this, we need to update our linux-firmware
    and dracut packages:

    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# yum install linux-firmware dracut

    With the dependencies resolved, rerun the installation command.

    If you now navigate to the /boot directory, you can view the newest kernel installed under vmlinuz-3.10.0-
    327.4.5.el7.x86_64. You can also see the older kernel located alongside it.

    If vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64 is not located in the /boot directory, run dracut to regenerate it for
    the latest kernel.

    Ensure the new kernel is installed by rebooting the system and once more running the uname -r command.
    It should output the version number of the newly-downloaded kernel.

    Booting Different Kernels


    Through the use of the GRUB bootloader, we can designate from which kernel we want to boot. Those of
    you who use Linux in a desktop environment may already be familiar with the GRUB boot menu, and may
    be wondering how we can use GRUB when our Linux Academy lab servers do not bring up boot menu
    upon login. We do this by altering which kernel we use through the command line.

    Run yum list kernel to view a list of available kernels. Both our old and new kernels are available.

    To change the default kernel, we use the grub2-set-default command followed by a number, 0 denotes
    newer kernel, 1 the older.

    Run:

    [root@linuxacademy1 ~]# grub2-set-default 1

    Then reboot. Should you run uname -r once more, you should see that we are using the older kernel. To
    change back replace the 1 in the above code with a 0, rerun the command, and reboot the system.

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