Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-18 Thread Phil Schaffner
Carlos Santana wrote: ... > However, the kernel is 2.6.18-92.el5. The mismatch in kernel and > kernel-headers is confusing me. Any insights? You are not the first to be confused by that - it is almost a FAQ on the forum; however it is the expected behavior - yum will install the latest version o

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Steven Vishoot
- Original Message > From: Filipe Brandenburger > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:29:41 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch > > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 16:22, Steven Vishootwrote: > > just wonderi

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Carlos Santana
I am a newbie and do not know as much in detail abt packages. However, I noticed something strange while installing gcc. I started with bare minimum 'no-base' install with a kickstart file, so I didn't have gcc in it. Later, when I installed gcc the 'kernel-headers' packages was marked to be update

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread John R Pierce
Carlos Santana wrote: > 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

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Carlos Santana
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Steven Vishoot wrote: > > > > From: Carlos Santana > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:17:06 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch > > Thanks.. > wish I knew what

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread John R Pierce
Steven Vishoot wrote: > just wondering, why would you not want the latest kernel? running CentOS?I'd want the latest CentOS kernel within whatever major version I'm running. If you mean the latest kernel.org version, then I might suggest CentOS is the wrong distribution for you. ___

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 16:22, Steven Vishoot wrote: > just wondering, why would you not want the latest kernel? Because it will potentially not run "as smooth" as the kernel version shipped by CentOS. While newer kernels typically improve hardware support, they also introduce changes that ar

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Steven Vishoot
From: Carlos Santana To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:17:06 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Hi, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:23, Carlos Santana wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all, please do not top post and trim your replies. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:31, Mfawa Alfred Onen > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger > > wrote: > >> This information should b

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Carlos Santana
Thanks.. wish I knew what to google for..! :) - CS. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:23, Carlos Santana 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 avail

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Mfawa Alfred Onen
I am sorry for the miss understanding, I really agree to that too, but it is just that i thought you could have an alternative like the one I read in the http://www.howtoforge.com which actually just talked about downloading a vanilla kernel and applying your patch and them making an rpm version so

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, First of all, please do not top post and trim your replies. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:31, Mfawa Alfred Onen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger > wrote: >> This information should be helpful in rebuilding the kernel "the CentOS way": >> http://wiki.centos.org/How

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Mfawa Alfred Onen
you could head to http://www.howtoforge.com and find the *"Compiling the Kernel the CentOS way"* On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:23, Carlos Santana wrote: > > I have a CentOS 5.2 box with 2.6.18-92 kernel. I would like to upgrade >

Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch

2009-06-17 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:23, Carlos Santana 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 t