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Subject: How to update kernel

Go to your SSH using root access and type this:

FIRST OPTION:

yum update

after that roughly 17MB is downloaded

Then type this:

cat /etc/grub.conf

You can see new kernel version pointed

SECOND OPTION:

yum upgrade kernel

If you receive a message "No Packages marked for Update" then check the version of your kernel:

yum list |grep kernel

If it shows something like this:

kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.18-53.el5 installed

kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.18-53.el5 installed

kernel-headers.i386 2.6.18-53.el5 installed

kernel.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-debug.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-debug-devel.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-devel.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-headers.i386 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-xen.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

kernel-xen-devel.i686 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 rhel-i386-server-5

Just type this and it will do the trick:

yum upgrade kernel-PAE

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