# Rocky does NOT boot to latest image after update

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315 "2022-09-21T10:11:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![we-sell-bags](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e47c2d/32.png) [@we-sell-bags](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/we-sell-bags)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315/1 "2022-09-21T10:11:19Z")

</div>

Rocky, will take the updates, but on reboot it ALWAYS reverts to the FIRST kernel that was installed.  
It should boot the latest kernel by default.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315/2 "2022-09-21T10:21:26Z")

</div>

Can you explain more, since I have both Rocky 8 and 9, and neither boot the old kernel. Maybe you have some specific configuration on your system. Was it upgraded/migrated from CentOS maybe? Or something else.

Otherwise, I don’t see how it can be possible on a default clean installed system.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315/3 "2022-09-21T10:42:39Z")

</div>

Do newly installed kernels show up as boot entries? It might also be helpful if you can upload `/boot/grub2/grub.cfg`, and `ls /boot/loader/entries`.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-does-not-boot-to-latest-image-after-update/7315/4 "2023-08-25T03:39:38Z")

</div>