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updating kernel on CentOS
| Posted by Lem0nHead, 03-02-2010, 07:09 PM |
| hello
I'm using a very old version of CentOS 4, with kernel 2.6.9-34
when I do "yum upgrade kernel", it insists on keeping 2.6.9, but -89 I think
is there a way to upgrade to 2.6.18 using yum or I'd need to compile manually?
thanks
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| Posted by htbsales, 03-02-2010, 07:41 PM |
| It is not an exact match but this may work for you: http://www.tocpcs.com/yum-install-ce...4-to-centos-5/.
There is never a substitute to a clean install but it should still get the job done. This has worked for me in the past.
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| Posted by Crothers, 03-02-2010, 07:56 PM |
| RHEL Kernel for version 4 is 2.6.9 with backported patches from higher versions. If you want a newer kernel you either have to do a custom kernel outside of the RHEL kernel, or you have to upgrade to a newer version of CentOS.
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| Posted by The Universes, 03-02-2010, 09:28 PM |
| Is there something in certain you need that is in the 2.6.18 or newer kernel?
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| Posted by Lem0nHead, 03-03-2010, 11:50 AM |
| thanks
@The Universes: yes, I'm trying to compile a webcam driver that apparently just works from .11+
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| Posted by Lem0nHead, 03-03-2010, 12:00 PM |
| I just tried to follow that, but I probably shouldn't have removed dependencies when removing hal:
# ls
-bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory
now I guess it's time for a reinstall
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| Posted by whmcsguru, 03-03-2010, 01:10 PM |
| Nonsense.
/bin/ls is back.
Any other issues, try
then
no reinstall needed. Linux != Windows
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| Posted by Lem0nHead, 03-03-2010, 02:09 PM |
| ls is not the uninstalled file
yum is also one of them
so are compilers
I guess I could download a statically compiled yum, but not sure how stable the system will be after all
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| Posted by jon-f, 03-03-2010, 02:42 PM |
| check /etc/yum.conf and make sure python or other needed packages are not excluded
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