@BrainDamagedPilot and @757jockey Welcome to the Rockstor community.
There is a know issue with pre- 3.8.15 to post 3.8.15 upgrades: please see the following forum thread for details:
We changed the system by which our db was migrated with an associated and unfortunate ‘bump’.
@smolly Also welcome to the Rockstor community.
Your situation may have been similar pre your re-install but now look more like a failed kernel upgrade. I suspect this can happen if a reboot is performed during the update. I.e. the kernel is part way installing. Do you have a particularly slow system disk, ie a generic usb key rather than something more akin the fast variants such as a SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0.
We have had reports of failed or partial updates due to time outs on particularly slow system disks. You could try executing a:
yum update
as root on the command line to see if it gives you any clues as to the current situation / holdup re the kernel update.
Hope that helps.