On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Steven Vishoot<sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > ________________________________ > From: Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com> > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:17:06 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch > > Thanks.. > wish I knew what to google for..! :) > > - > CS. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:23, Carlos Santana<neubyr at gmail.com> wrote: >> > I have a CentOS 5.2 box with 2.6.18-92 kernel. I would like to upgrade >> > the >> > kernel, but not to the latest available version. How can I pull out a >> > specific patch and apply it? Any help? >> >> This information should be helpful in rebuilding the kernel "the CentOS >> way": >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel >> >> HTH, >> Filipe >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Call me stupid. > just wondering, why would you not want the latest kernel? I am trying to build a Lustre file system over CentOS. The file system server's kernel needs to be lustrized, however client can be installed without altering kernel. I was struggling with client installation and thought specific kernel requirement might be an issue. I am stil not sure why is it failing though... Anyway, to cut it short, needed for some dependency issues.. - CS