>>> Because they survive kernel updates transparently and you can run the >>> distro kernel, there will be no "waiting" for each kernel update. >> That is indeed what I need, I use ieee1394, raw1394 and sbp2 to access >> my 2tb firewire external drive that is used for backup rotation. >> >> I will try that on monday. > > Yum shouldn't have deleted your running kernel in the update. It should > just be > a matter of changing the default to boot in the grub config if you want to > run > the old one a while longer. No, it didn't, but on reboot, it booted the non-centosplus kernel, the one that was more upto date... Regards,