> > > What preceeds this error? > > Calaulating disk space, this could take awhile > > > can you run it w/-d 4 > > Yep!! It is ~46K so I put it at http://www.stnhbr.com/yum.output > rather than posting it to the list. So this has me positively baffled. In one section you get: Updating: kernel which would sound like it found a new kernel. Updating: kernel, athlon Found best kernel arch: athlon Is this an athlon? Here is where it gets weird. When we get down to the part where it lists the stuff it's going to do: [Update: pkgname] kernel is never listed. and it should be it should be listed as [Install: kernel] kernel-headers is - but not kernel. and it REALLY should be. Could you try two things for me - run this output once more - but at -d 10 and update to yum 0.9.4 and see if you can recreate the problem. Thanks, -sv