From: James Maxwell - Systems Administrator (support_at_interwerx.com)
Date: Fri 28 Mar 2003 - 20:23:31 GMT
Kewl!!! Thanks Eje!
James Maxwell
Interwerx Communications Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eje Gustafsson" <Macahan_at_fament.com>
To: "James Maxwell - Systems Administrator" <vserver_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [vserver] RH7.3 vserver kernel install problem
> You need to find the vanilla kernel and patch it yourself.
> RedHat is notorious behind on the kernels. Because they want to test
> and be sure it's a stable kernel before they release it.
>
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
> is A place where you can find the vanilla kernel. I know this was THE
> place that new kernels used to be released to directly by Linus years
> back not sure if this is still the case.
>
> / Eje
>
> Friday, March 28, 2003, 12:20:35 PM, you wrote:
>
> JMSA> Hi there, yup newbie, here's the specs:
> JMSA> rh7.3 fresh install
> JMSA> kernel-2.4.18-3 + kernel-source-2.4.18-3
> JMSA> Downloaded vserver-0.22*.rpms
> JMSA> Downloaded kernel-2.4.20ctx-16.tar.gz
>
> JMSA> Installation problem, I'm baffled over the kernel versions between
what is offered from redhat and yours. Since there isnt a correlation
between them, I had thought the latest compiled vserver
> JMSA> kernel kernel-2.4.20ctx-16 would include also initrd file.
> JMSA> Not sure what to do? Go find vanilla 2.4.20 kernel and compile it or
find a redhat kernel source (2.4.18-27)? I'm not even sure rh 2.4.18-27 is
equivalent to 2.4.20, can someone enlighten me on
> JMSA> this?
>
>
>
> JMSA> James Maxwell
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