grub.conf contents different from entries displayed by grub on RHEL 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • despite the new kernel being the only available entry in grub.conf (what happened to the old one?), the system continues to boot from the previous kernel and only displays the previous kernel on the grub boot menu.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

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