wrote on Wed, 7 May 2008 08:53:01 -0500: > -rw------- 1 root root 816 May 7 05:08 grub.conf got changed 5:08 today. Are you sure you booted after that? What does uname -a show now? > default=0 > timeout=5 > splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > hiddenmenu > title CentOS (2.6.18-53.1.14.el5) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 ro > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.img The machine *is* booting vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 and you should also be able to see all three available boot options. You should be seeing something like "booting CentOS in x seconds". You can interrupt this by pressing a key. You should then see all three options and the first one with CentOS (2.6.18- 53.1.14.el5) highlighted. If you continue with that I don't see a way it could not be booting into vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5. What makes me wonder a bit is this: (hd0,2). If you set this system up new with CentOS 5 this would hardly be the case if you accepted default partitioning options. Is there another system, maybe Windows, on the disk or some external boot manager or so? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com