On Saturday 20 August 2005 19:52, David Campbell wrote: > unfortunately, only the 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL kernel is available but the new > 2.6.9-11 conf file is in the boot directory... is there a way to force a > reinstall? You can download the kernel RPM and rpm -i it. Don't rpm -u; you want to install, not upgrade. But, for grins and giggles, what does the output of 'rpm -qa|grep kern' tell you? -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu