So on my Debian system I used "aptitude hold linux-image-2.6-686" to keep my kernel from accidentally getting upgraded when I didn't plan on rebooting. Now I want to upgrade it, but I still get the message that the package is kept back, even after executing "aptitude unhold linux-image-2.6-686". Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong? This is on Debian etch. -- Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39