Hi
Just have a look in:
/boot/grub/grub.conf
and the top kerna showing should boot.

You will need to be root to change this.

Here is mine:
*******************************************************************
boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.681_FC3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

************************************************************************


I assume you are using grub.
cheers
Bob









On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 16:56 +0100, M. wrote: 
Mathew, Steve,

Thanks for your replies. I am not at all offended or anything by asking if I
rebooted. You see, I work as IT professional (MS-Windows) and usually that
is my first question, too. :-)

But to return to the subject, I did reboot and when I press a key during
startup I can choose between kernels 667 and 667smp. My system boots using
grub and I searched for a grub.conf file or something similar, but that
didn't yield any result. Interestingly enough though, I do have a
lilo.conf.anaconda file which lists kernel 667 and 667smp. So, I reckoned,
what if I just modify this file by copying those lines and pasting them,
replacing everything that says 667 by 681? Too bad, the boot list simply
shows 667 and 667smp and not the ones I had just added.

That is another thing, BTW, I don't quite understand the relationship
between lilo.conf.anaconda and grub. Do they have any relationship at all?

So, short of recompiling the kernel (which is a hell of a task for someone
who has no knowledge of Unix/Linux) or waiting for a next kernel update, is
there anything I can do either to force the kernel rpm-file to reinstall or
to modify the kernel boot list (which files, please).


Thanks again,
Maurice.


-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Steve Thacker
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:57 PM
To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
Subject: [mail] Re: Kernel issues


yes--try rebooting and look at the "Kernel choise Sreen"--first one to 
show on boot--it will give you a choise of which version of kernel to 
boot to. Some--not all however--grub loaders are setup to use the latest 
kernel, just make sure you read fast and use the arrow keys to select 
the latest kernel displayed, then hit the enter key. After booting and 
loging on--etc--go to (I use KDE gui) System Settings then boot 
configuration--make sure grub is setup to boot to the "latest" version 
of kernel (but make sure that this kernel WORKS ok with your particular 
setup for a day or so).  this help???  If you didn't load this 
particular "tool" when you installed Fedora Core 3--it is still possible 
to do the same from the grub boot screen---read fast--edit grub 
boot--etc................steve

Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:02:40AM +0100, M. wrote:
> 
>>package and starts the installer, the installer says kernel 681smp is 
>>already installed. Just to double-check I searched on the Internet and 
>>found this command "uname -r", which confirms I am running kernel 
>>667smp. How do I force a reinstall or an update of the kernel to 
>>version 681smp?
> 
> 
> Hopefully this is a silly question, but have you rebooted?
> 

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