On 07/28/2017 08:58 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 07/28/2017 07:51 AM, wwp wrote:
Hello Johnny,
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:14:49 -0500 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote:
Hello Johnny,
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote: > Hello there, > > > I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable > GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its > kernel can't run on this hardware. > > What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless > it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/ > more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not > willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all. > >
I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64. Let me see if I can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs.
4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is.
It lives here:
http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/
(currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there)
Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and provide feedback.
hmmm .. the live ISO fails to boot .. there is not squashfs module .. let me see if I can fix that.
Where could I get an ISO (once fixed), I only saw RPMs at the link you pasted? Or do I have to assemble myself in some way?
Once I get a working ISO that installs, I'll post a link.
You would have to set up the experimental repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ to get kernel updates, and those would be RPM only.
In fact, I have a live ISO now that installs (in KVM) .. but I still need to make sure this kernel updates correctly from the experimental repo.
The kernel (and linux-firmware) rpms are unsigned, but should upgrade from the experimental repo for future upgrades and those are signed.
So, I should have something installable sometime in the next few hours that you can try.
OK .. I just pushed this ISO to the master mirror:
CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGnome-1707-exp.iso (sha256sum): f60d806f513f337acd09c5cf4a2ec3c735ba82519798d07096992916fc4cf271
Once it makes it to the mirrors, it can be downloaded via this link:
https://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGnome-...
I also tested this on a physical machine (t520 thinkpad) , as well as an install on a KVM VM, and it installs fine both places.
After install and reboot, add in the experimental.repo file via this link (bottom of the page):
https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386
Run a 'yum upgrade', reboot and you should be set.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes