Yeah, I felt dumb after I wrote that because I forgot about grub.   
Anyhow, it's a rather interesting problem that a kernel update would  
cause this much havoc.

Thanks,
Greg

On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Connie Sieh wrote:

> Gregory,
>
> Grub should give you the option to boot the older kernel.
>
> -Connie Sieh
>
> On Mon, 10 Oct
> 2005, Gregory Harris wrote:
>
>
>> Anybody else having serious problems with the 2.6.9-22 kernel that
>> just came out for SL4?
>>
>> I have yum set to autoupdate.  I have just found out that all of the
>> 30 or so Dell Optiplex GX280's we have that have  been rebooted are
>> all hanging on boot.  There doesn't seem to be anyway to get to a
>> root console on them either, it doesn't bring up networking and hangs
>> on the "setting up swap space" or it goes to a blank screen.
>>
>> At this point I don't see anyway to revert to the previous state
>> other than reinstalling.  It's not a big deal here though since we
>> use network home directories.  Just want to get the word out before
>> it bites someone else.
>>
>>
>> Gregory Harris
>> Network Specialist
>> Department of Mathematics
>> The University of Kansas
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>> (785) 864-7311
>>
>

Gregory Harris
Network Specialist
Department of Mathematics
The University of Kansas
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(785) 864-7311