Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up. As it starts to boot, says: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff814fd24a>] ? panic+0xa0/0x168 [<ffffffff81070bd2>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870 [<ffffffff8117cba5>] ? fput+0x25/0x30 [<ffffffff81070c38>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0 [<ffffffff81070cc7>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20 [<ffffffff8100b0f2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Also, tried selecting the previous kernel at boot, but got the same message, except with 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 referenced. Machine is a dell poweredge 620, perc h310 raid controller, 4x600GB 10K SAS, 16GB RAM, 2xIntel Xeon E5-2630 2.3GHz procs (hex-core), dual 495W power supplies. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, -- Joe Koenig Creative Anvil 1346 Baur Blvd Olivette, MO 63132 314-692-0338 joe at creativeanvil.com http://www.creativeanvil.com/