Dear Gene Heskett,

Once you wrote about "Re: Backup and recovery CD":
GH> >And what's wrong with RedHat rescue mode, since you've mentioned
GH> > it? :)
GH> 
GH> I can report one problem with that, if he is booting from the 
GH> updated kernel that up2date might have installed.  The updated 
GH> kernel did *not* come accompanied by an updated initrd, and the 
GH> updated kernel is useless for such booting because theres no 
GH> matching version numbered initrd he can load his scsi drivers from.

initrd, IIRC, never comes with the kernel.  Instead, I beleive, it is
generated by mkinitrd during the installation of the RPM.  Anyway, the
rescue mode is not even affected by these problem, since one is using a
floppy or CD-ROM to go to rescue mode, not a broken installation. :)

GH> I know, I let it install it on me, and it over-wrote my grub.conf 
GH> rendering the rest of my custom kernels inactive till I fixed that 
GH> by giving grub a custom command line that did point to a valid for 
GH> my system kernel, and used that to restore my grub.conf.  I have 
GH> not allowed up2date to touch my kernel installs since that fiasco.
GH> 
GH> A rather heated message to RH at the time was not replied to.
GH> 
GH> There are many things up2date is good for, but putzing with your 
GH> kernel install isn't one of them.

You might want to try a newer version.  It work much better then it used
to with in times of RedHat 6.x, if you know what I mean. :)

-- 
Best regards,
  Leonid Mamtchenkov, RHCE
  System Administrator
  Francoudi & Stephanou Ltd.