Subject: Re: [vserver] VServer on Red Hat Host with RH Kernel
From: "John Alberts" <john.m.alberts@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:14:28 -0600
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:14:28 -0600
So, as I suspected, it sounds like there is no patch or rpm for a RH kernel.



On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com>wrote:

> John Alberts wrote:
> > Hi.  I've been using Linux vserver on Gentoo at another job since around
> > 2004.  At my new job, they are strictly a Red Hat shop, so I've been
> forced
> > to deal with licensing crap amongst other things.  I was able to use
> CentOS
> > with a vserver kernel I found to show them how well vserver works.  My
> > problem now is, they won't use CentOS and require the system to be Red
> Hat.
> > I've searched and searched, but I haven't found a Red Hat vserver kernel
> > package.
> > Since RH5 still uses a heavily patched 2.6.18 kernel, is it possible to
> use
> > the latest vserver patches with this kernel?  If so, does anyone have a
> > repository or rpm for it?
>
> Replacing the kernel will void your warranty anyway, so you might as well
> go
> for a 2.6.22 or 2.6.27 based kernel.
>
> --
> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
>



-- 
John Alberts


So, as I suspected, it sounds like there is no patch or rpm for a RH kernel.



On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com> wrote:
John Alberts wrote:
> Hi.  I've been using Linux vserver on Gentoo at another job since around
> 2004.  At my new job, they are strictly a Red Hat shop, so I've been forced
> to deal with licensing crap amongst other things.  I was able to use CentOS
> with a vserver kernel I found to show them how well vserver works.  My
> problem now is, they won't use CentOS and require the system to be Red Hat.
> I've searched and searched, but I haven't found a Red Hat vserver kernel
> package.
> Since RH5 still uses a heavily patched 2.6.18 kernel, is it possible to use
> the latest vserver patches with this kernel?  If so, does anyone have a
> repository or rpm for it?

Replacing the kernel will void your warranty anyway, so you might as well go
for a 2.6.22 or 2.6.27 based kernel.

--
Daniel Hokka Zakrisson



--
John Alberts