Robert Nichols wrote: > Morten Nilsen wrote: >> Robert Nichols wrote: >>> If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal >>> update >>> mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken >>> action >>> to lock it to the 5.0 release. >> >> When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet.. >> And, no I haven't taken any kind of action to lock it to 5.0. >> >> I have run "yum update" a few times, but I don't see any signs of it >> wanting to upgrade to 5.1.. > > The upgrade to 5.1 is seamless. Your actual version (the replacement for > "$releasever" in the URL in the yum config file) is "5", not "5.0", which > will always track the latest release. Sounds like the kernel version > (currently kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5) is not what is causing your > problem. > I have only recently started using CentOS, and have an interesting query on this. If release 5 is always the latest release, does that mean when 5.6 comes out, it will still be v5? And how does the transition for major releases (from 4 to 5, 5 to 6) work? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stugg