> Oh yes...where are the files in the Trash? I used the GUI to > determjine that I have them. for what it's worth, here's a dump of my /boot: [steve at mail ~]$ ls -l /boot/* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66892 Sep 30 03:18 /boot/config-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66892 Nov 10 05:24 /boot/config-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66892 Jan 6 10:31 /boot/config-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 -rw------- 1 root root 2674607 Oct 1 13:13 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.img -rw------- 1 root root 2674287 Nov 20 18:28 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.img -rw------- 1 root root 2674772 Jan 8 16:45 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.img -rw------- 1 root root 2663289 Jul 25 2010 /boot/initrd-2.6.34.1.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80032 Mar 17 2009 /boot/message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112729 Sep 30 03:20 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112729 Nov 10 05:25 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112807 Jan 6 10:32 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jul 25 2010 /boot/System.map -> /boot/System.map-2.6.34.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1243411 Sep 30 03:18 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1243713 Nov 10 05:24 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1244821 Jan 6 10:31 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1649164 Jul 25 2010 /boot/System.map-2.6.34.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1638957 Jul 25 2010 /boot/System.map-2.6.34.1.old lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jul 25 2010 /boot/vmlinuz -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955036 Sep 30 03:18 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955356 Nov 10 05:24 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955804 Jan 6 10:31 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2547888 Jul 25 2010 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2536336 Jul 25 2010 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1.old /boot/grub: total 332 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Jan 26 2010 device.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7584 Jan 26 2010 e2fs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7456 Jan 26 2010 fat_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6720 Jan 26 2010 ffs_stage1_5 -rw------- 1 root root 1030 Jan 8 16:47 grub.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6720 Jan 26 2010 iso9660_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8224 Jan 26 2010 jfs_stage1_5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 26 2010 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6880 Jan 26 2010 minix_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9248 Jan 26 2010 reiserfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55808 Mar 17 2009 splash.xpm.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 26 2010 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104988 Jan 26 2010 stage2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7072 Jan 26 2010 ufs2_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6272 Jan 26 2010 vstafs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8872 Jan 26 2010 xfs_stage1_5