On 14/10/14, 3:24, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > On 10/14/2014 10:12 AM, Joakim Ziegler wrote: >> On 14/10/14, 1:19, Greg Lindahl wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:18:54PM -0500, Joakim Ziegler wrote: >>>> I'm on a Supermicro server, X9DA7 motherboard, Intel C602 chipset, 2x >>>> 2.4GHz Intel Xeon E5-2665 8-core CPU, 96GB RAM, and I'm running >>>> CentOS 6.4. >>>> I just tried to use yum to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.32-358 to >>>> 2.6.32-431.29.2. >>> Is that a 6.4 kernel? Seems like it ought to be 6.5 from the date. >>>> But, I'm pretty sure this must be something simple I'm missing. Ideas >>>> for >>>> figuring it out? >>> Yeah: don't run random combinations of rpms and then ask the mailing >>> list for support. >> I don't know. yum info doesn't say anything about it being a 6.4 or 6.5 >> kernel (nor does it say that about the 2.6.32-358 package). How can I >> tell if a package is intended for 6.4 or 6.5? The release field simply >> contains "el6", nothing about minor version. > that's because there is no spoon, there's just el6... > http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-dcca41e9a3d5ac4c6d900a991990fd11930867d6 Ok, so is that a confirmation that installing this kernel, even though it might be "for 6.5" should not in itself break anything, and that it should boot? -- Joakim Ziegler - Supervisor de postproducción - Terminal joakim at terminalmx.com - 044 55 2971 8514 - 5264 0864