MHR wrote:

On top of my previously (just now) difficulties with yum, now I find that the 53.1.6 kernel is not installing properly.

When I run "yum update" to install it, the install hangs here:

Dependencies Resolved

============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================

Installing: kernel x86_64 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 updates 15 M

Transaction Summary

Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 15 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-53.1 100% |=========================| 15 MB 03:26 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: kernel ######################### [1/1]

fwiw, I just ran a full "yum update" on a 5.something that i haven't done much with other than install, and it ran clean,

..... Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 sos.noarch 0:1.7-9.1.el5 Dependency Installed: device-mapper-multipath.i386 0:0.4.7-12.el5 keyutils-libs.i386 0:1.2-1.el5 yum-metadata-parser.i386 0:1.0-8.fc6 Updated: Deployment_Guide-en-US.noarch 0:5.1.0-11.el5.centos.1 acl.i386 0:2.2.39-2.1.el5 alsa-lib.i386 0:1.0.14-1.rc4.el5 audit.i386 0:1.5.5-7.el5 audit-libs.i386 0:1.5.5-7.el5 audit-libs-python.i386 0:1.5.5-7.el5 autofs.i386 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2 bind.i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 bind-chroot.i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 bind-libs.i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 bind-utils.i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 binutils.i386 0:2.17.50.0.6-5.el5 cairo.i386 0:1.2.4-3.el5_1 centos-release.i386 10:5-1.0.el5.centos.1 centos-release-notes.i386 0:5.1.0-2 conman.i386 0:0.1.9.2-8.el5 coolkey.i386 0:1.1.0-5.el5 cpp.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 cpuspeed.i386 1:1.2.1-1.48.el5 cracklib.i386 0:2.8.9-3.3 cracklib-dicts.i386 0:2.8.9-3.3 crash.i386 0:4.0-4.6.1 cups.i386 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3 cups-libs.i386 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3 device-mapper.i386 0:1.02.20-1.el5 dhclient.i386 12:3.0.5-7.el5 dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-4.el5 e2fsprogs.i386 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1 e2fsprogs-libs.i386 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1 fetchmail.i386 0:6.3.6-1.1.el5 firstboot-tui.noarch 0:1.4.27.3-1.el5.centos fontconfig.i386 0:2.4.1-7.el5 freetype.i386 0:2.2.1-19.el5 frysk.i686 0:0.0.1.2007.06.21.rh2-4.el5 gcc.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 gcc-c++.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 gcc-gfortran.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 gdb.i386 0:6.5-25.el5 glibc.i686 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 glibc-common.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 gtk2.i386 0:2.10.4-19.el5 hal.i386 0:0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1 httpd.i386 0:2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3 httpd-manual.i386 0:2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3 hwdata.noarch 0:0.211-1 initscripts.i386 0:8.45.17.EL-1.el5.centos.1 irqbalance.i386 2:0.55-6.el5 kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 kpartx.i386 0:0.4.7-12.el5 krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-17.el5 krb5-workstation.i386 0:1.6.1-17.el5 kudzu.i386 0:1.2.57.1.15-1.el5.centos libXfont.i386 0:1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1 libacl.i386 0:2.2.39-2.1.el5 libgcc.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libgcj.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libgfortran.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libgomp.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libselinux.i386 0:1.33.4-4.el5 libselinux-python.i386 0:1.33.4-4.el5 libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libstdc++-devel.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 libuser.i386 0:0.54.7-2.el5.2 libvolume_id.i386 0:095-14.9.el5 libxml2.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.1 libxml2-python.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.1 logrotate.i386 0:3.7.4-8 lvm2.i386 0:2.02.26-3.el5 man-pages.noarch 0:2.39-10.el5 mcstrans.i386 0:0.2.6-1.el5_1.1 mesa-libGL.i386 0:6.5.1-7.5.el5 microcode_ctl.i386 1:1.17-1.42.el5 mkinitrd.i386 0:5.1.19.6-19 mod_ssl.i386 1:2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3 module-init-tools.i386 0:3.3-0.pre3.1.34.el5 mysql.i386 0:5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1 nash.i386 0:5.1.19.6-19 nfs-utils.i386 1:1.0.9-24.el5 nscd.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 nspr.i386 0:4.6.5-3.el5 nss.i386 0:3.11.7-1.3.el5.centos nss-tools.i386 0:3.11.7-1.3.el5.centos nss_ldap.i386 0:253-5.el5 openldap.i386 0:2.3.27-8 openssh.i386 0:4.3p2-24.el5 openssh-clients.i386 0:4.3p2-24.el5 openssh-server.i386 0:4.3p2-24.el5 pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-3.26.el5 pam_krb5.i386 0:2.2.14-1 parted.i386 0:1.8.1-12.el5 pcre.i386 0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 pkinit-nss.i386 0:0.7.3-1.el5 pm-utils.i386 0:0.99.3-6.el5.centos.17 policycoreutils.i386 0:1.33.12-12.el5 popt.i386 0:1.10.2-47.el5 postgresql.i386 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 postgresql-server.i386 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 prelink.i386 0:0.3.9-2.1 redhat-artwork.i386 0:5.1.0-26.el5.centos redhat-logos.noarch 0:4.9.99-8.el5.centos redhat-lsb.i386 0:3.1-12.3.EL.el5.centos redhat-menus.noarch 0:6.7.8-2.el5 redhat-rpm-config.noarch 0:8.0.45-22.el5.centos rpm.i386 0:4.4.2-47.el5 rpm-build.i386 0:4.4.2-47.el5 rpm-libs.i386 0:4.4.2-47.el5 rpm-python.i386 0:4.4.2-47.el5 rsh.i386 0:0.17-38.el5 samba.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 samba-client.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 samba-common.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 selinux-policy.noarch 0:2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 squid.i386 7:2.6.STABLE6-5.el5_1.2 strace.i386 0:4.5.16-1.el5.1 sysklogd.i386 0:1.4.1-40.el5 system-config-network-tui.noarch 0:1.3.99-2.el5 systemtap.i386 0:0.5.14-1.el5 systemtap-runtime.i386 0:0.5.14-1.el5 tcp_wrappers.i386 0:7.6-40.4.el5 tcpdump.i386 14:3.9.4-11.el5 telnet.i386 1:0.17-39.el5 tzdata.noarch 0:2007k-1.el5 udev.i386 0:095-14.9.el5 util-linux.i386 0:2.13-0.45.el5_1.1 vixie-cron.i386 4:4.1-72.el5 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb.i386 0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5 ypbind.i386 3:1.19-8.el5 yum.noarch 0:3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 yum-updatesd.noarch 0:3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 Replaced: sysreport.noarch 0:1.4.3-10.el5 Complete!

and, after a reboot,

[root@pig ~]# uname -a Linux pig.hogranch.com 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 23 11:30:20 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@pig ~]#

now, this box is a P3-800Mhz, 512MB ram, i815 chipset on a old Asus CUSL2-C, couple 500MB IDE drives mirrored by Linux w/ LVM.