On Wed, 11 May 2005, Beau Henderson wrote: > Is there any perticular reason why a yum update would want to install > the unsupported package when its not being upgraded ( as its not > installed ) ? I ask, as its in the list of available "updates" when i > do a yum check-update. Is this standard / normal ? It is not kernel-unsupported , it is a kernel with .unsupported as part of the 'release'. It should only show in updates if you have the centosplus repo enabled ... But as 'kernel' is installed it will show as an update. Regards Lance > > On 5/10/05, Chris Weisiger <cweisiger at i-55.com> wrote: > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > >All, > > > > > >There have been many requests for added kernel features that the > > >upstream provider left out of the standard kernel. (ReiserFS, > > >Video4Linux, Firewire support, XFS, NTFS, JFS, etc.). > > > > > >We want the main release CDs to contain a standard kernel for > > >compatibility and stability reasons. CentOS is created as a clone, and > > >it needs to be as close as possible to the upstream distro. > > > > > >That being said, the 2.6.9 kernel has lots of features that are not > > >turned on in the default kernel. Until now the answer has been ... if > > >you want that, you must make recompile the kernel yourself. Well ... > > >now there is another option for x86_64 and i386. I have created an > > >unsupported kernel for the CentOS-4 i386 and x86_64 distros. It is in > > >the CentOS-Plus repository and is the latest released CentOS-4 Kernel > > >(currently 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL), with the configuration files modified to > > >turn on optional modules. It is called: > > > > > >kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.106.unsupported > > > > > >Turned on (as kernel modules) are the following: > > > > > >NTFS > > >XFS > > >JFS > > >ReiserFS > > >UFS (FreeBSD default file system ... Read Only) > > >BeOS (Read Only) > > > > > >Video4Linux and all supported cards (including Video, Audio, Radio and > > >DVB) > > > > > >all Video Cards > > > > > >all Alsa Sound Cards > > > > > >Support for AppleTalk and DECNET > > > > > >----------------------- > > >I am running this kernel on 5 machines for testing and have had no > > >problems ... but it is NOT officially supported by CentOS {even less > > >than the other stuff :)} > > > > > >You should evaluate whether you want to use this kernel ... and you > > >should test it appropriately prior to putting it on any important > > >machines :) > > > > > >We are also working on a Single CD version of CentOS-4 (similar to the > > >CentOS-3.4 Server ISO). This CD will have as much stuff as we can fit > > >on a single CD that can be used to set up a server (no X though). All > > >other programs will be available via the standard CentOS repositories > > >using the "yum groupinstall" feature. > > > > > >It is my plan to take that CentOS-4 Single Server Edition CD as a > > >template and make one (called Single Server unsupported) that will boot > > >with this kernel (and contain XFS tools, JFS tools, ReiserFS tools) so > > >that people who know how can install reisferfs, XFS, or JFS partitions > > >via the command line at install time. > > > > > >If you are going to use this kernel, you need to enable the CentOS-Plus > > >repo from your chosen install method ... for yum, you can do it via the > > >command line: > > > > > >yum --enablerepo=centosplus install kernel > > > > > >The tools for XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS are also now in the CentOS-Plus > > >repository. > > > > > >This should make CentOS a more robust desktop solution :) > > > > > >Some notes: > > > > > >I will update this kernel after normal kernel updates have been > > >completed, it may be a day or 2 later. So if you are using features of > > >this kernel (like ReiserFS, XFS, etc.) then you may want to turn off > > >auto kernel updates, as a new version of the main kernel will be > > >installed when available. > > > > > >You can do this in Up2date, yum and apt inside the config files. > > > > > >You can also get it via http from your favorite CentOS mirror in the > > >CentOS-Plus repository or from here (i386): > > >http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/i386/RPMS/ > > > > > >or here (x86_64): > > >http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/x86_64/RPMS/ > > > > > >Source RPM is here: > > >http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/SRPMS/ > > > > > >Enjoy, > > >Johnny Hughes > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >CentOS mailing list > > >CentOS at centos.org > > >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > WOOHOOO....this is good news...at least to me...hey johnny...THANKS a bunch > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.