At 06:46 PM 2/18/2004, Edward Chase wrote: >As you've discovered, the downloads you were watching were the header files. > >I do believe that when you created your RHN machine account, it did a >similar, but reverse action. I believe that your machine told the RHN >servers what was installed locally. Yum manages itself locally, RHN managed >itself on their servers. > >This is my understanding. Thanks - I believe your interpretation of what the RHN does (or did, in my case) is correct. Makes for sense now. So, on to the big test - upgrading the kernel and kernel-source.