> | > | Everything went fine until reboot. I have two kernels installed > | 2.6.8-152 and 2.6.9.649. > | > | When using the 2.6.9 kernel startup stops at a point when it says > | "switching to new root" > | and > | when using the 2.6.8 kernel startup stops at almost the same place > | stating "Warning: unable to open an initial console". > | > | It was a good thing I did this on a test machine not my live one but do > | you have any suggestions to work around this or am I at a point where > | need to install from a cd? Is udev installed? try running: rpm -Va --nofiles and see what it turns up. I bet something in your system has a missing dep. -sv