Hi I've been trapsing around the redhat site searching for the appropriate packages to update and I've gotten confused about a couple of points and am hoping someone can straighten me out. First off, most packages contain 386 in the filename (I have P3's and P2's running 6.2). Is it true that unless there's a higher version (686), use a 386 package? Kernel updates seem to have a smaller number of packages, but they all have 686 in the filename. Are these done in addition to the 386 files, or in place of them? The directions on the kernel update page don't seem to mention any thing about the difference, and the book I have says get files for the particular one you're loading. What about all the other 10 or so packages that are supposed to be checked when updating the kernel? I've run into a couple of situations where there are 2 pointers from the security page to the same file on the download page (the ed links). Is there any significance to this? The directions on the kernel update page say to update everything you have installed first and then do the kernel packages. Is this normal? I've always just added patches (updates) when they seemed necessary. I suppose if nothing ever broke... Anyway, in preparing for that, I ran into the gnupg files. One file is called gnupg-1.0.4-4.6.x.i386.rpm and another is called gnupg-1.0.4-8.6.x.i386.rpm (Note the 8). I haven't been able to remember where I read what the second group of numbers means, but it would seem that the second file would be the more recent version. Yet, the date on that file is Dec 99, while that of the first is Oct 2000. Since the security page points to the first, I used that, but I'd still like to know what's going on here. Any help appreciated! Thanks Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax