[CentOS] What RH-like on a Dell XPS 15 (9590)?

Fri Jul 28 12:51:45 UTC 2017
wwp <subscript at free.fr>

Hello Johnny,


On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:14:49 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:

> On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote:
> > Hello Johnny,
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:  
> >>> On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote:    
> >>>> Hello there,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable
> >>>> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its
> >>>> kernel can't run on this hardware.
> >>>>
> >>>> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless
> >>>> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/
> >>>> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not
> >>>> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all.
> >>>>
> >>>>    
> >>>
> >>> I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64.  Let me see if I
> >>> can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs.    
> >>
> >> 4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is.
> >>
> >> It lives here:
> >>
> >> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/
> >>
> >> (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there)  
> > 
> > Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and
> > provide feedback.
> >   
> 
> hmmm .. the live ISO fails to boot .. there is not squashfs module ..
> let me see if I can fix that.

Where could I get an ISO (once fixed), I only saw RPMs at the link you
pasted? Or do I have to assemble myself in some way?


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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