Subject: Re: Re: Re: [vserver] Centos kernel
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:28:39 +0100

On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 05:15:57PM +0100, Roman Pretory wrote:
> I hope I have fixed it.
> they change the board to a Chipsatz	AMD 780G/SB700,
> such a have already in use.

> however maybe the pictures are usefully.

what I can see from those pictures is that some driver
might be missing from the kernel, as there are no
disks detected ...

> 2.6.36 the same trouble as by this shown by pic.
> (2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-x86_64)

upload the kernel .config and we can have a look, also
provide the 'lspci -vvv' output from that specific
machine ...

best,
Herbert

> THX 
> Roman
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Herbert Poetzl [mailto:herbert@13thfloor.at] 
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 07. November 2010 14:29
> An: Roman Pretory
> Cc: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org
> Betreff: [SPAM? 1.99] Re: Re: [vserver] Centos kernel
> 
> On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:43:45PM +0100, Roman Pretory wrote:
> 
> > which Kernel/patch whould you take.
> 
> defintely 2.6.36
> 
> > boot.log is empty how to fill, but I have screen shots
> 
> usually the bootup log can be captured via serial console
> (which is strongly advised on a server setup anyways)
> but if you have a complete set of screen shots it should
> be fine as well (just make sure nothing is missing)
> 
> > Motherboard is a n3m78-vm
> > Chipsatz:	GeForce 8200
> 
> > THX Roman
> 
> best,
> Herbert
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Herbert Poetzl [mailto:herbert@13thfloor.at] 
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 07. November 2010 09:41
> > An: Roman Pretory
> > Cc: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org
> > Betreff: [SPAM? 1.99] Re: [vserver] Centos kernel
> > 
> > On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 03:23:31AM +0100, Roman Pretory wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello
> > 
> > > Have a system by a provider running fine with the Centos5.5,
> > 
> > okay ...
> > 
> > > but kernel.panic the the latest Kernel from
> > > http://rpm.hozac.com/dhozac/centos/5/vserver/x86_64/
> > 
> > the 'latest' kernel there is almost a year old, and
> > IMHO not the best choice for a system nowadays, mainly
> > because it will have several security issues discovered
> > and fixed since in mainline
> > 
> > in any case, upload the bootup log and resulting panic
> > so that we can take a look what happens ...
> > 
> > > What I found out it is a Asus board with AMD Chipset and 
> > > Northbridgeby nVidia Series mctr
> > 
> > not the best choice, but should work with a recent kernel
> > 
> > > Is there a way to patch the Centos kernel by using kernel.devel ??
> > 
> > probably, you just need to adapt one of the old patches
> > to you hybrid kernel and of course test/debug the result
> > 
> > > 2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-x86_64 what for a patch version is to beused
> > 
> > parts from 2.6.18 up to the recent kernels I guess, unless
> > the centos folks got lazy and stopped backporting
> > 
> > > same prozedure?
> > 
> > same procedure as every year, roman!
> > 
> > best,
> > Herbert
> > 
> > > THX
> > > Roman
> > 
>