目標:將內核從RHEL 6.8自帶的2.6.32-642升級到2.6.32-754.23.1
從redhat官網上下載內核kernel和kernel-firmware
將軟件包上傳到linux
[root@oracle ~]# yum install kernel-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
推薦使用yum升級
然後修改默認的啓動內核
[root@oracle ~]# vim /etc/grub.conf
[root@oracle ~]# vim /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracle-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracle-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracle/lv_root rd_NO_MD rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracle/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet elevator=deadline
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracle-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracle/lv_root rd_NO_MD rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracle/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet elevator=deadline
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64.img
default=0表示默認的啓動內核是第一個,也就是新安裝的2.6.32-754.23.1
然後重啓服務器,確認新內核是第一位,並從新內核正常啓動。
卸載:
假如發現新內核不合適,那麼需要切換到舊內核,使用yum卸載
[root@oracle ~]# rpm -qa |grep kernel
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
dracut-kernel-004-409.el6.noarch
kernel-2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-40.el6.x86_64
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.noarch
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-32.el6.x86_64
[root@oracle ~]# yum remove kernel-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.noarch
然後從本地yum源中重新安裝kernel-firmware
[root@oracle ~]# yum install kernel-firmware kernel
再次重啓,發現默認內核回去了,並且/etc/grub.conf 變回去了