Nope... just the e-smith kernel....
A few developments.... I installed the kernel-smp..... rpm that is on the 5.5 distribution.... and added a reference to it in the lilo.conf file. I've re-rebooted and I now have two options on the splash screen: e-smith and e-smith-smp ( the one I added).
So far so good I though

... But the smp kernel won't boot..

It will decompress and then hang.....
OK... So something is up.... Just before I decided to install 5.5, I had RedHat 6.2 running on the box with the kernel: 2.2.14-5.0smp.. It ran like a charm... nothing has changed on the box...
Any ideas?
Thanks