Aborted kernel 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5 install

[bgwest]

This worries me --

Yum updated today --
Previous update was Feb 22; a fair amount of new stuff, including 2911.6.5 was listed.

My console vanished sometime after kernel started to install (I may have killed it inadvertently somehow; I was off doing other things on the computer during the install).

The Fedora News says:
Release : 1.2911.6.5.fc6
< snip >
Update kernel from Linux 2.6.19.5 to 2.6.19.7:
< snip >
* Sun Mar 4 2007 Chuck Ebbert
- 2.6.19.7
- 2.6.19.6

When I discovered the console had vanished, I re-entered and again executed yum update.
My boot directory now contains
config-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6
symvers-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6.gz
System.map-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6
vmlinuz-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 <size 1951703 -- looks right - 510 more than 2911.fc6 >
However, /boot/grub/menu.lst has not changed since Feb 22.

I haven't dared reboot yet (although it looks safe).

Should I remove the .6.5 stuff and update again? go for it and reboot?
Any other suggestions?

Thanks much for your help !!

[funknor]

I had the same issue, here is what I did:

Started yumex and removed the specific kernel 2.6.19-2911.6.5.fc6 (only this one), downloaded the kernel rpm directly from fedora/core/6/ etc. (can't remember the exact link though). Installed kernel using rpm and it worked fine.

[bgwest]

You had the same issue? Did your console window vanish? Did it seem like the update "is this OK? (y/N)" got bypassed?

Did this, except tried it using YUM --
hung at
Running Transaction
Removing : kernel ######################### [1/2]
Installing: kernel ######################### [2/2]
^C --

error: %post(kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6.i586) scriptlet failed, signal 2

Removed: kernel.i586 0:2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Installed: kernel.i586 0:2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6
Complete!
===================
so now the kernel is in but the "scriplet failed" --

What should the scriplet have done after removing my "known good" kernel?
===================
In the end, rebooting to 2.6.2911.fc6 worked OK; but check:

Bugzilla Bug 218207: X session terminated during "yum update"

This left me with the 2911 kernel, and 2911.6.5 headers -- which I finally fixed by

#yum install yum-utils
#yumdownloader kernel.i686
#rpm -ivh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6.i686.rpm

Now I think I'm current