Stock Centos Kernel

[DigitalDaz]

I needed a modular stock kernel for an application I am deploying.

I have seen the guide for installing stock Centos but these seem not to be working now.

All I did to change my kernel was change the line in /etc/yum.conf that read:

exclude=kernel* to
#exclude=kernel*

Then did yum update followed by yum install kernel.

Everything appears to be working fine.

What may I be missing that will come and bite me in the future?

TIA

[marks]

have you try to just compiling the kernel just to add the modular kernel?

using our base kernel configuration file:

ftp://ftp.ovh.net/made-in-ovh/bzImage/

and on the make menuconfig, just click modular and recompile

I'm not sure what guide have you followed, so this suggestion is only generic. You've fixed it anyway, so I guess you're alright there.

[DigitalDaz]

I didn't follow any guide, this is whay I was asking, I had tried guides before and they failed but literall from a stock OVH install, all I did was :

Change the line in /etc/yum.conf that read:

exclude=kernel* to
#exclude=kernel*

Then did yum update followed by yum install kernel.

This installed a 2.6 modular kernel that seems to be working fine. I haven't compiled a thing. Thats my worry it was too easy, I must be missing something.

DigitalDaz wrote:
> Everything appears to be working fine.
>
> What may I be missing that will come and bite me in the future?

Sometimes you have to add the "initrd" line to grub.conf manually.

Other than that, I'm not aware of any complications in installing the CentOS
kernel.