<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000}</style></head><body><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 '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>Cheers.<br></body><br />--
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