[CentOS] Re: Kernel

[centos]

Thanks every one for all your help,

using VNC seems to be a good option for those who has no access to console
and want to install Centos remotely, however just to test , I tried to 
upgrade
Centos 4.5 to Centos 5, but it progressed almost to the end and then 
stoped with
some error. nothing upgraded.

I think I should first upgrade it locally and then start doing it remotely.

fresh install will leave a lot of files from previous version, so it 
should not be considered
at all.

is there any log file that shows why upgrade failed ?

Cheers

Scott Silva wrote:
> centos spake the following on 8/20/2007 4:10 AM:
>   
>> Centos 4 kernel's base version is 2.6.9 and Centos 5 kernel's base
>> version is 2.6.18.
>> and I couldn't find anything in Centos mirror sites and repository ( I
>> really need kernel version 2.6.18. )
>>
>> Downloaded and installed kernel 2.16.18 for version 5, and installed it
>> on Centos 4, it is ok but while
>> I am installing another software I am getting pointer exception fault.
>>
>> couldn't compile 2.6.18 SROM on Centos  4,  I am getting "unifdef is
>> needed" when I am running
>>
>> rpmbuild -bb kernel-2.6.18
>>
>> now I guess I have only two choices:
>> 1- upgrading Centos 4 to Centos 5, which I need your opinion for the best
>> way of accomplishing it, considering my server is in remote location and
>> I don't have access to console. ( is kick start works for remote
>> installation with not access to console ? )
>>
>> 2- Downloading kernel from kernel.org, which I want to know if the same
>> version in kernel.org is identical to same version in Centos repository.
>> I want to make sure  I will have the same thing, to prevent weird problem
>> in future.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>     
> Building a kernel from source on an enterprise system will almost surely break
> something. A remote upgrade is possible, but you will need to test it
> thoroughly on something like a vmware image or another piece of hardware that
> you can access easily. You had the option to use vnc and do remote installs in
> 4.0, but I haven't tried it in 5. Here is a link that will take a little
> testing and adjusting as it is for an upgrade to 4.
> http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/upgrading_to_centos4_over_a_remote_vnc_c
>
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