Yes, you'll need to reboot. Ray On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:29:40PM -0500, Henry Hartley wrote: > I feel stupid for asking this but I could not find anything that > specifically said, one way or the other. After updating the kernel (with > yum but that shouldn't matter) is it possible to begin using that kernel > without rebooting the machine? Or is a reboot required for all new kernels?