How do I install an old kernel?

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You can find a list of all kernels built for Fedora 35 here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=kernel&release=F35 (There you can select a kernel and click on Builds).

You can download all kernels that have been built from here: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8.

Then, simply use dnf to install them.

Alternatively, you can use koji download-build -- arch=x86_64 <package-name> to download the package directly, no browsing involved. I would recommend that method.

Here is an example:
1.) mkdir -p kerneldownload
2.) cd kerneldownload
3.) koji download-build --arch=x86_64 kernel-5.16.18-200.fc35
4.) sudo dnf install ./kernel-*

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