On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> >> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable >> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its >> kernel can't run on this hardware. >> >> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless >> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/ >> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not >> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all. >> >> > > I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64. Let me see if I > can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs.4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is. It lives here: http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/ (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170728/f66e1041/attachment-0001.sig>
Hello Johnny, On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:> On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote: > >> Hello there, > >> > >> > >> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable > >> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its > >> kernel can't run on this hardware. > >> > >> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless > >> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/ > >> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not > >> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all. > >> > >> > > > > I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64. Let me see if I > > can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs. > > 4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is. > > It lives here: > > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/ > > (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there)Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and provide feedback. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170728/f25a2494/attachment-0001.sig>
On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote:> Hello Johnny, > > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > >> On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote: >>>> Hello there, >>>> >>>> >>>> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable >>>> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its >>>> kernel can't run on this hardware. >>>> >>>> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless >>>> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/ >>>> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not >>>> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64. Let me see if I >>> can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs. >> >> 4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is. >> >> It lives here: >> >> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/ >> >> (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there) > > Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and > provide feedback. >hmmm .. the live ISO fails to boot .. there is not squashfs module .. let me see if I can fix that. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170728/ec7322b7/attachment-0001.sig>