On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:02:44AM +0100, Guenther Fuchs wrote: > Hi there, > > on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 11:41:47 PM there was posted: > > KK> http://linux-vserver.org for installation on Fedora but have not > KK> seen anything about RH Ent Linux and how you would install it. > > RHEL is using a really old kernel (2.6.9) which is not supported by > recent Linux-VServer patches. Therefore you would need to find some- > one to donwgrade the patches back to that kernel - and also use the > RHEL patches to the kernel as well. > > Therefore the "official" recommended way for RHEL is to use a vanilla > kernel or instead use e.g. CentOS installation - wich certainly breaks > the "certification" of RHEL. > > That means: At the moment there is NO way to have a recent Linux- > VServer system using RHEL except then getting deep into coding and > patching our RHEL yourself.
well, which IMHO voids the 'certification' anyway unless you _are_ RedHat and the new kernel will become the official one :) > >> why bother with a debian install, when you > >> are used to RedHat? just install Fedora or > >> Mandriva on the host (with a Linux-VServer > >> kernel) and restore the guests there, they > >> will work regardless of the host distro ... > > Main recommendation goes finally to what Herbert recommended though - > I'm for example using Fedora Core 6 on two AMD64 machines (1x Opteron > Dual-Core, 1x Athlon XP) without any problems. Remember: Main "work" > for the host is > a) supplying the kernel including the network > b) supplying the tools for the guest handling > > That can be (quite secure) done with nearly any available kernel - so > if no special reason is for RHEL (e.g. certification) I also would > recommend you to use e.g. Fedora, which is well spread, tested and in > use (if you want a near RedHat system). that is correct, fedora seems well maintained in this regard ... best, Herbert > -- > regards 'n greez, > > Guenther Fuchs > (aka "muh" and "powerfox") > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
