<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000}</style></head><body><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Johnny Hughes" <johnny@centos.org><br>To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@centos.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 9:28:50 PM (GMT+1000) Australia/Brisbane<br>Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware?<br><br>redhat@mckerrs.net wrote:<br>> <br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Akemi Yagi" <amyagi@gmail.com><br>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@centos.org><br>> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 10:49:26 PM (GMT+1000) Australia/Brisbane<br>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware?<br>> <br>> On 8/6/07, redhat@mckerrs.net <redhat@mckerrs.net> wrote:<br>>><br>>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> From: "Johnny Hughes" <johnny@centos.org><br>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@centos.org><br>>> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:55:10 PM (GMT+1000) Australia/Brisbane<br>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware?<br>>> ><br>>> > The kernels are available in testing form here:<br>>> ><br>>> > http://people.centos.org/~hughesjr/vmware-kernels/<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Johnny, will these kernels eventually be pushed into centosplus ?<br>>> ><br>>><br>>> Maybe ... we are trying to work out a way to prevent conflict. Users<br>>> seem to have a problem with more than 1 item of the same type in a<br>>> specific repo. We will put out instructions on how to use<br>>> "exclude=whatever" in yum, but they don't and then we get a hundred bug<br>>> reports / e-mails that the plus kernel replaces the vmware kernel or the<br>>> other way around.<br>>><br>>> If we can have them easily coexist in the same repo and make it EASY for<br>>> the users and provide the content, then we will put them there,<br>>> otherwise (or until then) people will need to look for it here.<br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>> Johnny Hughes<br>>><br>>> Cool,<br>>><br>>> would you say they are ready for primetime even although they are in<br>> 'testing' ?<br>>><br>>> Cheers,<br>>><br>>> Brian.<br>> <br>> The i686 version has been tested / used for a while now and I'm sure<br>> Johnny can tell you his experience. As for x86_64, it is not as<br>> extensively tried. I have been running it in a test VM and all seems<br>> good so far.<br>> <br>> Akemi<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> <br>> Does anyone know if the i686 version is PAE enabled ?<br><br>I PAE kernel is really not something I think I would run inside VMware<br>... or am I missing something here?<br><br>http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf<br><br>That says you will not be happy with PAE inside the VM.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Johnny Hughes<br><br><br>I was more wondering about using this as a host kernel and whether it would support > 4gb RAM ?<br><br>Cheers<br><br><br><br></body><br />--
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