[CentOS] XFS install issue

Sat May 31 10:16:55 UTC 2008
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

mslist at opcenter.net wrote:
> I am attempting to implement XFS on a new system.
> 
> System:
> Supermicro SC846 TQ-R900B - rack-mountable
> SUPERMICRO X7DWN+ - motherboard
> 3ware 9650SE-24M8 - storage controller
> 10 Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 - hard drive - 1 TB
> 8GB Ram
> 2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon E5420 / 2.5 GHz processor
> 
> Installed Centos 5.1 X86 64 from DVD. System on /dev/sda1 – 250GB ext3 
> (raid 5). /home will be on /dev/sdb1 – over 7TB XFS.
> 
> Kernel version issue
> 
> ---------------------------------
>  
> [root at csfs50 work]# yum install kmod-xfs.x86_64
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Downloading header for kmod-xfs to pack into transaction set.
> kmod-xfs-0.4-1.2.6.18_53. 100% |=========================| 2.8 kB    00:00
> ---> Package kmod-xfs.x86_64 0:0.4-1.2.6.18_53.1.19.el5 set to be installed
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 for 
> package: kmod-xfs
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Downloading header for kernel to pack into transaction set.
> kernel-2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 100% |=========================| 256 kB    00:00
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 set to be installed
> --> Running transaction check
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ============================================================================= 
> 
>  Package                 Arch       Version         Repository        Size
> ============================================================================= 
> 
> Installing:
>  kmod-xfs                x86_64    0.4-1.2.6.18_53.1.19.el5  
> extras            253 k
> Installing for dependencies:
>  kernel                  x86_64     2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 
> updates            15 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ============================================================================= 
> 
> Install      2 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> 
> Total download size: 16 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/2): kmod-xfs-0.4-1.2.6 100% |=========================| 253 kB    00:00
> (2/2): kernel-2.6.18-53.1 100% |=========================| 15 MB    00:02
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> 
> 
> Transaction Check Error:
>   package kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 (which is newer than 
> kernel-2.6.18-53.1.19.el5) is already installed

The problem is that the extras and centosplus items are on hold while 
work on CentOS-5.2.

I have not built the centosplus kernel for 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 as we are 
using the builders for 5.2 and kernels take forever to build in the 
builders as the debuginfo files are hundreds of MBs in size each.

I also normally build all the extras kmods while I build the centosplus 
kernel, so they were also not yet done ... however I did go ahead and 
build the new kmods for drbd82, xfs, and kvm for the new 
2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 kernel and those have now been pushed to the extras 
directory.

They should be synced to the external public mirrors in a couple hours, 
and should be on mirror.centos.org now here:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.1/extras/


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