[CentOS] Using fedora's kernel on centos
John Plemons
john at mavin.com
Thu Jan 26 18:37:10 UTC 2006
Try updating the bios or down grading the bios... I have a ABit 64 bit
machine that had issues, but it was tied to the bios rev..
john
Fong Vang wrote:
> On 1/26/06, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
>
>> mbneto wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The latest fedora kernel already has the CONNMARK support. I'd like
>>> to use it in my centos 4.2 server.
>>>
>>> I know it is not as stable as the 2.6.9.x the comes with centos but it
>>> is an alternative to using the vanilla kernel.
>>>
>>> I've managed to rebuild the rpm of the FC4 kernel in my Centos server
>>> but when trying to install I get
>>>
>>> Failed dependencies:
>>> mkinitrd >= 4.2.15-1 is needed by kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.root.i686
>>> selinux-policy-targeted < 1.23.16-1 conflicts with
>>> kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.root.i686
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>> you need to update the dep chain downward. Also keep in mind that the
>> fc4 kernel releases are often in quick succession and in most cases
>> involve fix's. So you are going to be rebuilding the kernel often.
>>
>> My recommendation would be to get the centos kernel, and build a patch
>> for that - you can then just rebuild it to suit your own purpose.
>>
>
> I have a coupole of 64-bit machines here that will NOT boot with the
> CentOS kernels (including plus kernel). The kernel often panics on
> bootup (I've already posted this problem on this list but no remedy,
> yet). The Fedora Core 4 x64 kernel works fine, though. I also have
> no choice but to use until I can find the time to figure this out.
>
>
>> --
>> Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
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