[CentOS] Using fedora's kernel on centos

Thu Jan 26 18:16:56 UTC 2006
Fong Vang <sudoyang at gmail.com>

On 1/26/06, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
> mbneto wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The latest fedora kernel already has the CONNMARK support.  I'd like
> > to use it in my centos 4.2 server.
> >
> > I know it is not as stable as the 2.6.9.x the comes with centos but it
> > is an alternative to using the vanilla kernel.
> >
> > I've managed to rebuild the rpm of the FC4 kernel in my Centos server
> > but when trying to install I get
> >
> > Failed dependencies:
> >         mkinitrd >= 4.2.15-1 is needed by kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.root.i686
> >         selinux-policy-targeted < 1.23.16-1 conflicts with
> > kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.root.i686
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> you need to update the dep chain downward. Also keep in mind that the
> fc4 kernel releases are often in quick succession  and in most cases
> involve fix's. So you are going to be rebuilding the kernel often.
>
> My recommendation would be to get the centos kernel, and build a patch
> for that - you can then just rebuild it to suit your own purpose.

I have a coupole of 64-bit machines here that will NOT boot with the
CentOS kernels (including plus kernel).  The kernel often panics on
bootup (I've already posted this problem on this list but no remedy,
yet).  The Fedora Core 4 x64 kernel works fine, though.  I also have
no choice but to use until I can find the time to figure this out.

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