On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > I finally, as someone else suggested, downloaded the desired kernel file > from one of the mirrors, did "rpm -uvh" on it followed by "yum -y update" > and it all applied without complaint. Please do NOT install the kernel with the -Uvh option. This will update (overwrite) the currently installed version. Always use -ivh. Akemi