CentOS - Apr 2006 - Chances of 4.3+ version with latest kernel

All,

I had a terrible time installing 4.2 on an ASUS NFORCE x86_64 motherboard.
I did manage to get it working... Also the compaq V4000 laptop same issues.

I thought I would try 4.3 and see if it was better... Seems to be the 
same really.
All the "fixes" the kernel needs were not included in the 4.3 kernel.

What are the changes of a 4.3+ version that runs a 2.6.16 kernel? I know 
this is
not compatible to RH stuff but it sure would be sweet!

The centos team is doing a great job.

Again... just a thought.

Jerry

> What are the changes of a 4.3+ version that runs a 2.6.16 kernel? I know
Non-existant at best. A kernel that new will never ship with centos4.
Once you have 4 installed  you're welcome to rebuild your own kernel,
however doing so isn't supported. If it breaks, you get to keep the
pieces.


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Jerry Geis wrote:
> All,
> 
> I had a terrible time installing 4.2 on an ASUS NFORCE x86_64 motherboard.
> I did manage to get it working... Also the compaq V4000 laptop same issues.
> 
> I thought I would try 4.3 and see if it was better... Seems to be the 
> same really.
> All the "fixes" the kernel needs were not included in the 4.3
kernel.
> 
> What are the changes of a 4.3+ version that runs a 2.6.16 kernel? I know 
> this is
> not compatible to RH stuff but it sure would be sweet!
> 
> The centos team is doing a great job.
> 
> Again... just a thought.
> 
> Jerry
I've been compiling 2.6.x kernels for use with Centos-4 for quite some 
time; never found a problem with that.

The easiest way to get started is to grab the kernel from 
ftp.kernel.org, unpack in /usr/src, copy the config-xxx file from /boot 
to that directory as .config, and then

make oldconfig (hit RETURN quite often)
make modules
make modules_install
make install

HTH,

Kay