On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:57:48 +0800, Petar wrote: >I wimped out and installed a basic RH9 install on the box to check >the native HT support which works well. The box has 2.4.20-8 >kernel and boots the SMP variant by default. > >Is there a kernel patch for this stock version that I could use or >must I use a later version? If so, where does it live?
Personally, I would rather just get a new kernel from kernel.org, thus guaranteeing the RH haven't screwed around with it. Get the patch from linux-vserver.org >Anyone aware of a readme that will take me through the kernel >patching process (many years of Windows machine but only months >of linux time so still learning)? Unpack the new kernel into /usr/src , put the patch into linux-2.x.xx and cd into it. Run 'patch -p0 < patch_name'. Run 'make menuconfig' which will start a 'configurator' and answer the questions. Pay particular attention to: processor type, filesystem type, nic type. Then run 'make dep; make bzImage (which compresses the new kernel and names it bzImage); make modules; make modules_install;' Find the new kernel in arch/i386/boot, copy it to /boot and name it something to your taste (eg, kernel-2.4.22-vs1.00), add this to /etc/lilo.conf and run 'lilo'. Install the toolset *before* rebooting the machine with the new kernel - eg, vserver-0.26.src.tar.gz, or the util-vserver one. Double check everything, including the installation of the toolset, then run 'shutdown -r now' to reboot. I've just done this and kernel-2.4.22 plus the vserver-0.26 toolset is working like a charm here. >I had a look on linux-vserver.org but either I'm blind (probably) >or the info is buried deep and out of sight. > >I have the intel e1000 nic drivers installed so at least the box >can talk to the world. > >If I can get this working I will ask questions about how to put my >workflow process to operating up on a page somewhere for other >novices to follow. I have the advantage of really doing most of >this for the first time which can make for lots of detail for others :-) > >..Petar - Cheers Lyn St George +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
