Antonio Olivares wrote: [snip] > There has never been an i586 kernel installed on this machine. [snip] > [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa kernel* To verify that statement, you need to use a query that will show the arch of the installed packages. Try: rpm -qa --queryformat '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' kernel\* Or look for any i586 packages rpm -qa --queryformat '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' | grep i586 -- William Hooper