Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-07 Thread lhecking
> Thanks, Akemi, that's really useful, and I'd never heard of it. I suppose > that as it gets updated, it'll tell me the most current legacy to use (in > my case, the 310.40 worked, but the 340.58 did not... and that was trial > and error. It's all in the README that comes with the driver ... o

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread m . roth
Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:20 AM, wrote: >> Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >>> Now, back to my boxes. NVIDIA declared these fancy cards obsolete (the >>> are only about 6 years old, and hardware still does appropriate job for >>> what we need). There is no proprietary NVIDIA driver whi

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Wed, May 6, 2015 10:20 am, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> >> >> >> I have a couple of boxes with NVIDIA cards and fancy screen setup. I >> have >> to use NVIDIA proprietary driver, open source driver does not support >> configuration. Darn Nvidia never released enough infor

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 06.05.2015 um 16:28 schrieb lheck...@users.sourceforge.net: > >> And I, personally, would want an email from aforesaid manager telling me >> not to do any upgrades, which I would print out in several copies and put >> in a secure place >> > > You do not understand the situation I presente

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:20 AM, wrote: > Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> Now, back to my boxes. NVIDIA declared these fancy cards obsolete (the are >> only about 6 years old, and hardware still does appropriate job for what >> we need). There is no proprietary NVIDIA driver which you can install with >

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > > I have a couple of boxes with NVIDIA cards and fancy screen setup. I have > to use NVIDIA proprietary driver, open source driver does not support > configuration. Darn Nvidia never released enough information about their > Now, back to my boxes. NVIDIA declared these

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Wed, May 6, 2015 9:28 am, lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> And I, personally, would want an email from aforesaid manager telling me >> not to do any upgrades, which I would print out in several copies and >> put >> in a secure place >> > > You do not understand the situation I p

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread lhecking
> And I, personally, would want an email from aforesaid manager telling me > not to do any upgrades, which I would print out in several copies and put > in a secure place > You do not understand the situation I presented. This is about avoiding a situation where in a highly complex envirno

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread m . roth
Leon Fauster wrote: > Am 06.05.2015 um 13:04 schrieb lheck...@users.sourceforge.net: >> >>> You have several hundred more Critical or Important security updates >>> outstanding. If that box touches the Internet in any way, it is likely >>> compromised. Just in the last 6 months there are 21 Impor

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 06.05.2015 um 13:04 schrieb lheck...@users.sourceforge.net: > >> You have several hundred more Critical or Important security updates >> outstanding. If that box touches the Internet in any way, it is likely >> compromised. Just in the last 6 months there are 21 Important or >> Critical updat

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/06/2015 06:04 AM, lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> You have several hundred more Critical or Important security updates >> outstanding. If that box touches the Internet in any way, it is likely >> compromised. Just in the last 6 months there are 21 Important or >> Critical update

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread lhecking
> You have several hundred more Critical or Important security updates > outstanding. If that box touches the Internet in any way, it is likely > compromised. Just in the last 6 months there are 21 Important or > Critical updates. That is an important qualifier: *If* that box touches the Inter

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/06/2015 03:04 AM, Jatin Davey wrote: > On 5/6/2015 1:18 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: >> Am 06.05.2015 um 09:33 schrieb Jatin Davey : >>> My guest is a CentOS 5.4 VM: >> >> Best practice: update to the latest OS version: >> >> # cat /etc/redhat-release >> CentOS release 5.11 (Final) >> >> >> >>> [r

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Jatin Davey
On 5/6/2015 1:18 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: Am 06.05.2015 um 09:33 schrieb Jatin Davey : My guest is a CentOS 5.4 VM: Best practice: update to the latest OS version: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.11 (Final) [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu S

Re: [CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 06.05.2015 um 09:33 schrieb Jatin Davey : > My guest is a CentOS 5.4 VM: Best practice: update to the latest OS version: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.11 (Final) > [root@localhost ~]# uname -a > Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 > x86_6

[CentOS] VirtIO drivers and CentOS 5.4(Final)

2015-05-06 Thread Jatin Davey
Hi All My guest is a CentOS 5.4 VM: [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/*release CentOS release 5.4 (Final) I wanted to know if the virtio drivers on this guest are stable.