[NTLUG:Discuss] FC6 Updates

[. Daniel]

You're wise to be cautious.

As far as "how do I go back" goes, the way FC6 is set up, it keeps two 
kernels at all times.  So if you do a kernel update, the oldest is removed, 
the new one is installed and the one you were using is set into the number 
two position.

To go back to the previous kernel, press a key during the GRUB boot screen. 
 You will get a menu.  You can then select the previous kernel to boot 
from.

It gets a little sticky when you're using proprietary video drivers and 
precompiled kernel modules and stuff like that from Livna and similar 
repositories though.  I see it as a potential problem against being able to 
go back to the previous version, but *knock wood* a problem has yet to 
actually occur. 

As to the selection and stuff?  You might consider just turning off the 
process that does the auto-update thing at startup and simply run YUMEX on 
your own from time to time.


>	At startup, there is an Updates message that appears. It lists a lot of
>updates, and I don't dare try to apply them all, which is the default.
>
>Is there a way to uncheck the boxes for all updates, so that I can pick
>and choose which ones I want, instead of painfully unchecking each box
>in the Updates applet?
>
>	Second question. One update listed is for the kernel. If I accept it,
>and something goes wrong, how do I back out the update?
>
>John
>
>
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