Hello Johnny,
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:14:49 -0500 Johnny Hughes <joh...@centos.org> wrote: > On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote: > > Hello Johnny, > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <joh...@centos.org> wrote: > > > >> On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >>> On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote: > >>>> Hello there, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable > >>>> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its > >>>> kernel can't run on this hardware. > >>>> > >>>> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless > >>>> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/ > >>>> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not > >>>> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64. Let me see if I > >>> can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs. > >> > >> 4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is. > >> > >> It lives here: > >> > >> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/ > >> > >> (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there) > > > > Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and > > provide feedback. > > > > hmmm .. the live ISO fails to boot .. there is not squashfs module .. > let me see if I can fix that. Where could I get an ISO (once fixed), I only saw RPMs at the link you pasted? Or do I have to assemble myself in some way? Regards, -- wwp
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