First attempt since comment #33. WAD :) # inxi -CS System: Host: gb970 Kernel: 6.6.46-1-longterm arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/0 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll 20240901 CPU: Info: quad core model: AMD Phenom II X4 965 bits: 64 type: MCP… # df / . Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on 00srv:/pub 215282152 168155784 47122272 79% /nfs/00srv/pub /dev/sda19 5652273 4597101 768415 86% / # set | egrep 'INIT|WM2' INITRD_IN_POSTTRANS=1 SKIP_REGENERATE_INITRD_ALL=1 # zypper --no-refresh se -s -i scriptl | grep 'package ' i+ | suse-module-tools-scriptlets | package | 16.0.51+1-589.1 | x86_64 | homeMwilckSMT # time rpm -ivh ./kernel-longterm-6.6.50-1.1.x86_64.rpm Verifying... ################################# [100%] Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:kernel-longterm-6.6.50-1.1 ################################# [100%] dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut -f --kver 6.6.50-1-longterm dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-pcrphase' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrextend' could not be found! … dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done *** dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-6.6.50-1-longterm' *** dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-6.6.50-1-longterm' done *** real 1m23.399s user 0m37.585s sys 0m11.817s # cd /boot # ls -gG initrd-* initrd lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Sep 18 07:33 initrd -> initrd-6.6.50-1-longterm -rw------- 1 16466592 Jul 18 18:07 initrd-6.6.39-1-longterm -rw------- 1 16694740 Aug 25 22:26 initrd-6.6.46-1-longterm -rw------- 1 16744144 Sep 18 07:33 initrd-6.6.50-1-longterm # Lots more kernels to install, expecting to confirm fix. :p