I am new to yum and am using it to incrementally upgrade my RH 7.2 server. The first step I tried was upgrading all my 7.2 packages to the latest version. It is getting hung up on upgrading iptables since it thinks it needs a new kernel >= 2.4.20. My problem is that I build a custom kernel and do not use RPMs for kernel updates. I am currently at 2.4.30 but iptables won't update. How can I get yum to know that I am actually up-to-date on my kernel so that it lets the update go through? Also how do I trigger the next update to RH 7.3 (and beyond), once 7.2 is up-to-date? TIA! -- Jake Colman Sr. Applications Developer Principia Partners LLC Harborside Financial Center 1001 Plaza Two Jersey City, NJ 07311 (201) 209-2467 www.principiapartners.com