[CentOS] died again

Tue Dec 17 21:55:14 UTC 2013
Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu>

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Karanbir Singh wrote:

> I wonder if its time to start considering a social list again; very
> little of the conversation in this thread is really CentOS specific now.

On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Michael Hennebry wrote:

> I noticed the the grub stanza for my F14 contains the line
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686.PAE ...
> For CentOS, I have
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.i686 ...
> I note the absence of PAE for CentOS.
> I've read that PAE can be important.
> Could it be the reason that an F14 boot lasts so much longer than CentOS?
> If so, how do I get a PAE kernal for CentOS?
>
> If not,
> could I get or make a kernel version for CentOS similar to the one F14 uses?

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Les Mikesell wrote:

> I think PAE is a required default in CentOS6 instead of an option.
> CentOS5 had separate kernel versions.

Even if PAE is not important,
the different kernel versions might be the
reason that F14 lasts longer than CentOS 6.
Could someone point me to directions for getting
or making a 2.6.35... kernal for CentoS 6?

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