Thank you for all of the hints and advice. I have modified /etc/sysconfig/kernel and again altered the CentOS-Base.repo to fetch the kernel from the mainline repository rather than from Plus. I cleared out the rmp database kernel entry and installed the "real" kernel via yum, checked that grub.conf was ok, rebooted and all seems good. Can someone point me towards a document detailing the function, settings, and syntax of /etc/sysconfig/kernel. I tried to locate this via google and apropos but came up with just a few oblique references and no substantive documentation. Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos