Robert wrote: [snip] > [root at mavis download]# rpm -qa | grep kernel > kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-22.EL > kernel-2.6.9-22.EL > kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-22.EL > kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.69 > kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.EL > kernel-doc-2.6.9-22.EL > kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.EL > [root at mavis > download]# Yum will try to update all your installed kernels. If you don't want kernel-smp, remove it and yum will quit getting updates for it. [snip] > To find that the ^%#$@ smp kernel is once more the default! > > > And THAT is why this automagic stuff sometimes scares hell outta me. So edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel . -- William Hooper