I'm the IT admin responsible for updating a few of our Scientific Linux 
systems for Scripps Florida. I'm getting an error while trying to update 
the systems. It almost appears as though the needed packages are not 
available online:

    [root@marcom ~]# uname -a
    Linux marcom 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5 #1 SMP Mon Apr 30 14:15:37 EDT 2007
    i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
    [root@marcom ~]# more /etc/redhat-release
    Scientific Linux SL release 5.0 (Boron)
    [root@marcom ~]# yum update
    <-- data truncated -->
    --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen for
    package: kmod-gnbd-xen
    --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 for
    package: kmod-gnbd
    --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
    --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
    ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 set to be installed
    --> Running transaction check
    Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen is
    needed by package kmod-gnbd-xen
    Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
    Error: Package kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 needs
    kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5, this is not available.
    Error: Package kmod-gnbd-xen needs kernel-i686 =
    2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen, this is not available.
    Error: Package kmod-gnbd needs kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5, this
    is not available.
    [root@marcom ~]# yum list kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen
    Loading "protectbase" plugin
    Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
    Loading "changelog" plugin
    Loading "skip-broken" plugin
    Loading "downloadonly" plugin
    Loading "priorities" plugin
    Loading "tsflags" plugin
    Loading "kernel-module" plugin
    Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
    Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
    Setting up repositories
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    Reading repository metadata in from local files
    0 packages excluded due to repository protections
    0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
    [root@marcom ~]#

I've confirmed that my running kernel is also my installed kernel (ie: I 
didn't get a kernel update, but fail to reboot to it). Any thoughts on a 
resolution? The only solution I see is for the needed package to made 
available online. This is a "production" system, so I'd prefer to avoid 
an forced updates or backing out installed packages to get the update to 
run. Doing a dist upgrade is also not an option right now...

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