Michael S. Zick wrote: > On Fri April 15 2011, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >> Michael S. Zick wrote: >>> 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? >> Yes ... :-) I'm exploring and looking for options. >> > > That was a multiple choice question, not true/false. I really am open to different ideas. A minimal host, if easy to get and maintain, would be great. I'm just not sure what it would take to get that will a few bells and whistles I like having and using. I think I'm going to hunker down for awhile and do some more research and testing. Much as I like the idea of starting from a standard distribution they all seem to have too much baggage. This is where I got started down the Gentoo road. So I need to try a few more things. Rod -- >> Most everyone in the local user group that has servers uses something >> besides CentOS. I'm looking for a way to offer them LV without tying it >> to _my_ distribution of choice. And possible build a installation >> Cd/DVD they can use. >> >> Sorry for the confusion and taking everyone along on my >> magical-mystery-tour. >> >> >> Rod > >