<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body> Hi! The default kernel is set in /etc/grub.conf (link to /boot/grub/grub.conf) with the parameter default If the kernel you want to boot by default is the first one listed in /etc/grub.conf then this parameter should be set to: default=0 cheers /j John Gray wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1074300200.5329.49.camel@johnpc" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> Sorry if this is double post, but I can' t locate my original on any of the emails. How do I get the computer to switch off when I select shutdown? How do I remove the non existent kernel choices from the boot loader list, or at least set the default kernel? When I do "rpm -q kernel" I only get the current kernel, but in the boot loader list I have two previous kernels. Thanks John </blockquote> </body> </html>