RE: Q on the CPU flag 'vmx'
Hi David, as you can see below such the kernel xen.gz-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 has been installed last year (2009). Below you see grub.conf and date Oct 1 2009. I can get it only from www.scientificlinux.org. === [root ~]# cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd1,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/md5 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/md1 default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Scientific Linux SL (2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen) root (hd1,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen ro root=/dev/md5 rhgb quiet module /initrd-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen.img title Scientific Linux (2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen) root (hd1,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen ro root=/dev/md5 rhgb quiet module /initrd-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen.img [root ~]# ls -l /etc/grub.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 29 2009 /etc/grub.conf - ../boot/grub/grub.conf [root ~]# ls -l /boot/grub/grub.conf -rw--- 1 root root 848 Oct 1 2009 /boot/grub/grub.conf = Best wishes, Andrey xen.gz-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 doesn't really sound like a xen or non-xen legitimate kernel that SL should ship. David NAME: Andrey Y. Shevel (Chevel) : EMAIL: andrey.she...@pnpi.spb.ru \ Computing Systems Department: http://hepd.pnpi.spb.ru/CSD | TEL : +7(81371)36040 | POST ADDRESS: Petersburg Nuclear Physics Inst. | FAX : +7(81371)36040 | 188300, Gatchina, Leningrad district, Russia. | __+7(81371)46256 /
compiling a newer kernel for SL5x
I need some pointers on compiling a new kernel for SL5x. I haven't done one in a long time and am not familiar with the directory layouts. I used to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/linux-2.x.yy and create a link /usr/src/linux to point to this directory. Do all the compilation and installing from /usr/src/linux. Is the preferred method to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/kernels and simply work in /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? I have a vague notion that compiling add-on modules for the running kernel rely on files in /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? Is this correct? Btw, I posted a question about SL5.5's latest kernel not detecting my DVD drive which was connected to the MB's IDE port. It turns out the Fedora 12's kernel sees it just fine. Without any BIOS tinkering. Hence my interest in updating the kernel for SL5x. I'd also appreciate any caveats (except for auto kernel updates via yum) you may have of running a later kernel with SL5x. Thanks! Ken
Re: compiling a newer kernel for SL5x
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Ken Teh t...@anl.gov wrote: I need some pointers on compiling a new kernel for SL5x. I haven't done one in a long time and am not familiar with the directory layouts. I used to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/linux-2.x.yy and create a link /usr/src/linux to point to this directory. Do all the compilation and installing from /usr/src/linux. Is the preferred method to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/kernels and simply work in /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? I have a vague notion that compiling add-on modules for the running kernel rely on files in /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? Is this correct? Btw, I posted a question about SL5.5's latest kernel not detecting my DVD drive which was connected to the MB's IDE port. It turns out the Fedora 12's kernel sees it just fine. Without any BIOS tinkering. Hence my interest in updating the kernel for SL5x. I'd also appreciate any caveats (except for auto kernel updates via yum) you may have of running a later kernel with SL5x. If you just want to test, Alan Bartlett is offering kernel 2.6.34 that would run under RHEL/SL/CentOS-5 here: http://centos.toracat.org/ajb/kernel/2.6.34/ Akemi / toracat
Re: Statistical Analysis of Strom Data
Larry Linder wrote: There is an R package for x86_64 EL5 on the R web site. There are a number of test suites available to make sure it is working correctly. SL adds R to its base repositories. Most everyone else gets it from EPEL. Either way you can most likely grab it from a repository you already use rather than getting it from somewhere else. -- Garrett Holmstrom University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Systems Staff
