These kernels have support for the XFS file system from SGI. You will also need to install the appropriate kernel-module-xfs-2.4.21-15.EL.... kernel-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.athlon.rpm kernel-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i386.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i386.rpm kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.athlon.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.athlon.rpm kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i386.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.athlon.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS-1.3.3-1.SL.athlon.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS-1.3.3-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFSsmp-1.3.3-1.SL.athlon.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFSsmp-1.3.3-1.SL.i686.rpm If you install one of the above kernels and you have openafs then you will need to update to the appropriate one of these. kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS-1.2.11-15.2.SL.athlon.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFS-1.2.11-15.2.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFSsmp-1.2.11-15.2.SL.athlon.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-15.EL.XFSsmp-1.2.11-15.2.SL.i686.rpm These are the user land utilities for XFS. acl-2.2.23-1.i386.rpm attr-2.4.16-1.i386.rpm dmapi-2.2.0-1.i386.rpm libacl-2.2.23-1.i386.rpm libattr-2.4.16-1.i386.rpm xfsdump-2.2.21-1.i386.rpm xfsprogs-2.6.13-1.i386.rpm libacl-devel-2.2.23-1.i386.rpm dmapi-devel-2.2.0-1.i386.rpm libattr-devel-2.4.16-1.i386.rpm xfsprogs-devel-2.6.13-1.i386.rpm These were provided by CERN. If you have any issues or questions send mail to scientific-linux-devel@fnal.gov