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Reboot after you update the kernel for the changes to take effect

On 4/26/05, mbeltran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mbeltran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a trouble with centOS 4
> 
> The process kswapd0 eat almost all my memory space, and also this process
> get almost 100 percent of cpu, and the box go slow
> 
> I have read that this problem is fix when the kernel is upgrade but I do not
> know hot to update my kernel. when I type yum list \kernel*  I get the
> following list:
> 
> [xxx@xxxxxx]# yum list \kernel*
> Setting up Repos
> addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> 
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> 
> update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> 
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> 
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> addons    : ################################################## 2/2
> base      : ################################################## 1404/1404
> update    : ################################################## 80/80
> extras    : ################################################## 25/25
> Installed Packages
> kernel.i686                                  2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
> installed
> kernel-smp.i686                           2.6.9-5.0.3.EL         installed
> 
> kernel-utils.i386                           1:2.4-13.1.48
> installed
> Available Packages
> kernel.i586                                  2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel.i686                                  2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-devel.i686                          2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-devel.i586                          2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-doc.noarch                        2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-hugemem.i686                   2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-hugemem-devel.i686           2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> kernel-smp.i686                           2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-smp.i586                           2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-smp-devel.i586                   2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-smp-devel.i686                   2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> kernel-sourcecode.noarch             2.6.9-5.0.5.EL         update
> 
> I know that i have to update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL and kernel-smp.i686
> 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL but I am not sure what are the steps or instructions that I
> should follow to get it
> 
> Regards
> Mario
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