nethub at gmail.com wrote: > One thing that has annoyed me in the past about RHEL/CentOS is that the > installer often uses an old kernel that won't support some piece of > hardware, when there is an update available that will support the hardware. this isnt really related to the issue we were talking about here, try starting a new thread for new issues - it *really* goes a long way to maintain list sanity. ok, now for your issue - the main thing here is that the initrd and the kernel module tree used during install time is semi-fixed based on rules and scripts included at the distro build time. So its non trivial changing that. > > Perhaps there is a way to develop a "install with kernel x.y.z" or "grab > latest kernel from repo" option in the bootloader or something for > people who are running into issues with the default kernel? I know > that's probably asking for a lot, but just a thought. the ability to change the kernel you are installing with, is no trivial - however the ability to install an arbitrary kernel is possible with the centos-5 installer. Have you tested the beta installer as yet ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq