Ok - after further looking - I have found this in /root/install.log error: nash-5.1.19.6-68.el5_61: Header V3 DSA signature BAD, key ID e8562897 I am using a local repo for installations: In my updates directory nash shows as ls -l nash* -rw-r--r-- 1 537 537 1177729 Apr 14 9:52 nash-5.1.19.6-68.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm Is this file corrupt? I can always just remove it and try again. however I'd like to know what happened so it doesnt again. Any thoughts? Thanks! Jerry