yum update 2179 kernel

[salvatore]

> I experienced the same problem.  Since I'm not a big command line guru, 

This doesnt help your problem(s), but Im also on FC1 and used yum to 
upgrade to 2179 without any issues at all.
I point this out only to show it *does* work in some circumstances.

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