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