> Perhaps the kernel that is already installed is the i586 kernel rather > than the i686 kernel? > $ rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' kernel\* > > Paul. > > Thanks Paul !! That was exactly the problem. A little curious why fc6 install used the i586 where all previous versions(3,4,5) that have been used on this box where i686. # uname -a Linux xxx.xxx.com 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 14:54:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Alan