Fedora 31 howto remove and block kernel-5.5.9-200.fc31.x86_64
by lleb from LinuxQuestions.org on (#51WJ0)
On my laptop the above kernel prevents booting. I get three lines of text and nothing. Can walk away and wait hours still nothing happens. Has to do with password and passing data to anaconda (the GUI controller for Fedora), i think that is the point...
In short I want to remove that kernel and all packages attached to it and lock this laptop to the older:
kernel-5.3.11-300.fc31.x86_64
or 5.3.x or 5.4.x kernel so i do not have to format reinstall this laptop again. Yes it is old, yes it is slowing starting to fall apart, but I want to keep it running as long as possible.
Yes I am aware of the security implications by not updating my kernel, but if it does not boot, all security is worthless as the laptop is unusable at that point.
Yes it is my laptop, not the kernel. My wife has the same vs of laptop (1 year older) and she is able to run the 5.5 kernel without issue.
My google foo has failed. I can find commands for removing OLD kernels, but not newer ones. I also looked into versionlock command for dnf and am not 100% sure that is the correct path for me.
Thank you in advance.
In short I want to remove that kernel and all packages attached to it and lock this laptop to the older:
kernel-5.3.11-300.fc31.x86_64
or 5.3.x or 5.4.x kernel so i do not have to format reinstall this laptop again. Yes it is old, yes it is slowing starting to fall apart, but I want to keep it running as long as possible.
Yes I am aware of the security implications by not updating my kernel, but if it does not boot, all security is worthless as the laptop is unusable at that point.
Yes it is my laptop, not the kernel. My wife has the same vs of laptop (1 year older) and she is able to run the 5.5 kernel without issue.
My google foo has failed. I can find commands for removing OLD kernels, but not newer ones. I also looked into versionlock command for dnf and am not 100% sure that is the correct path for me.
Thank you in advance.