Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 10:50 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> ---On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 07:42 -0500, Gerald Waugh wrote: >> >> We have a problem with upgrade to 4.4 >> When we run 'yum update' everything appears to be OK >> But, if we reboot the server with the new kernel, >> we get "kernel panic" when the new kernel attempts to load. >> >> The CentOS splash screen shows briefly, but not long enough to select >> the old kernel >> > > > Hmmm ... > > You should get a screen that has a kernel name and is blue, at that > screen, you should be able to press any key and then select a kernel > before the kernel actually starts booting. > > Does that work? > > The other issue sounds like maybe you have a custom built kernel driver > that you need to build for your new kernel before you boot (maybe a > SCSI/RAID driver)? > Since I'm still happily running CentOS 4.3, I should probably keep my thoughts to myself, but that immediate kernel panic sure is a reminder of attempting to boot an i686 kernel with an i586 processor. I'd try to duplicate the reported symptom but my AMD K6-2 box has become an "organ transplant" donor strictly because of kernel requirements.