Somebody in the thread at some point said: > When rebooting after installing the new kernel, I only got as far as to > the point where it is said: "2 logical volume(s) in volume group > "VolGroup00" now active". After that kernel panics and either reboots or > freezes with screen full of: "<1>Unable to handle kernel paging request > at 0000000381281ac0 RIP:". Hum. > Nevertheless, I'd appreciate any pointers in resolving the problem. When > installing the next kernel, I don't wish to be left with new kernel that > possibly won't work, and a kernel that definitely doesn't work. You can at least avoid that fate by editing /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf This is responsible for controlling the "last 2 kernels" action in yum... you can either disable it in there or change the number of kernels it keeps. -Andy