I am trying to update a centos box with an unsupported kernel (for XFS support): [root at snowybunting /]# uname -a Linux snowybunting.homelinux.net 2.6.9-34.106.unsupportedsmp #1 SMP Sat Mar 18 16:22:41 CST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux To update I did: yum update python-sqlite yum clean all yum update yum yum clean all yum update ..and I get the following > 91 packages excluded due to repository protection <bunch of stuff deleted> > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libibverbs > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libsdp > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: dapl > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libmthca > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: librdmacm > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libibverbs > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libsdp > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package dapl > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libmthca > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package librdmacm I unprotected the repositories in /etc/yum.repo.d, then reran: yum update ...and I get the same missing dependencies errors. I don't know if I have too many things going on at once with the unsupported kernel and updating the whole base, but as of now I'm kind of stuck. Any thoughts? -- Tom Elsesser