Re: [vserver] LV and CentOS 6

From: --[ UxBoD ]-- <uxbod_at_splatnix.net>
Date: Wed 31 Aug 2011 - 11:17:59 BST
Message-ID: <d1523070-f154-43fe-ab8f-e42290d2539c@office.splatnix.net>

kernel and util-vserver installed okay on CentOS6. Is there an rpm for yum chroot or does one need to build from source ?

-- 
Thanks, Phil
----- Original Message -----
> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
> > Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> >> Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> >>> Now that CentOS 6 is available and I have an opportunity build a
> >>> system
> >>> from scratch I was checking on options to do this.
> >>>
> >>> Nothing on the web site yet so I thought I'd look at Daniel's
> >>> repo to
> >>> see if he's found the tuits to build a new kernel and
> >>> util-vserver*
> >>> packages.  Problem is I can't reach the site.
> >>>
> >>> So this is a two for one:  Daniel, is rpm.hozac.com having
> >>> problems?
> >>>
> >>> And has anyone taken, or planning on taking, the CentOS 6 plunge?
> >> Well I'm getting the pieces in place but have some questions.
> >>
> >> The plan:
> >>
> >>     1. Install CentOS 6 from the minimal CD/DVD.
> >>     2. Update to the LV kernel from Daniel's repo.
> >>
> >> The questions:
> >>
> >>     1. The repo only has CentOS 4 and 5 listed.  What tricks do I
> >>     have to
> >>        use the repo for CentOS 6?  (Sorry Daniel if this is still
> >>        a work
> >>        in progress and I'm getting ahead of the game.)
> > 
> > http://rpm.hozac.com/dhozac/rhel/6/vserver/
> > 
> >>     2. Will the *el6* SRPMS work for CentOS 6?
> > 
> > Depends on which ones you're talking about. The ones on the above
> > URL,
> > yes. The ones in the 5 repo? No.
> 
> OK.  Do I need to munge the .repo file to point to the rhel directory
> instead of the centos?
> 
> >>     3. And what are the *dhz* packages -- mkinitrd and yum -- for?
> > 
> > mkinitrd is to make the 2.6.32 kernel work on RHEL/CentOS 5. The
> > provided
> > mkinitrd doesn't know the correct module names etc. yum has the
> > chroot
> > patch applied which makes it work for building guests.
> 
> Could explain why I've had failed install/updates.  Nothing critical
> but
> has kept me from moving forward.
> 
> Do I need the mkinitrd package if I'm using your rhel6 RPMs and not
> building the from SRPMs?
> 
> 
> Rod
> --
> 
> 
Received on Wed Aug 31 11:18:21 2011
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