On Fri April 15 2011, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote: > > Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > >> While playing/researching yesterday and this AM I've run into a problem > >> installing the CentOS Linux-Vserver kernel and friends. > >> > >> I have a fresh CentOS 5.6 install (5.5 then update), followed by some > >> stripping of unneeded packages. > >> > >> When I try to install the LV kernel I get a missing dependency. > >> mkinitd-dhz ... and the kernel packages are el6. > >> > >> Any work around? > > > > Install the mkinitrd packages in the repository? > > Tried several different iterations/variations all ending up with a > kernel oops/panic/whatever. > > Did a new install of CentOS 5.0, tried some slimming down then went for > the new kernel. Semi-worked. Had to reinstall several packages to get > mkinitrd to install. > > I have, what appears to be, a working Linux-Vserver host. I'm chasing > down a few tuits so I can build some guests and see how badly I broke > stuff by slimming down the install. > > Already missing vim so that is on the top of the list. > Busybox provides a reduced vim editor. Perhaps I am not reading your posts correctly - Do you want a "minimal host" installation? Or do you want a "minimal CentOS host" installation? Mike > > > >> I'll be trying a CentOS 5.6 to CentOS 6 to LV upgrade next but wondering > >> if there another way to? > > > > CentOS 6 has yet to see the light of day... > > My bad. CentOS 5.6! > > > Thanks for your help. > Rod