Description of problem: Host hanging after reboot after yum update Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum -y update 2. reboot Actual results: Host hanging after reboot. Expected results: Host reboot. Additional info: Running rpm_check_debug ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: java-1.6.0-sun is needed by (installed) java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.30-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 java-1.6.0-sun is needed by (installed) java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.30-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 Complete!
Yum has nothing to do with the boot process.