Gregory,

Any "special" hardware on this Dell?

-Connie Sieh

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gregory Harris 
wrote:

> 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
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