Johnny Hughes wrote:
>All,
>
>There have been many requests for added kernel features that the
>upstream provider left out of the standard kernel. (ReiserFS,
>Video4Linux, Firewire support, XFS, NTFS, JFS, etc.).
>
>We want the main release CDs to contain a standard kernel for
>compatibility and stability reasons. CentOS is created as a clone, and
>it needs to be as close as possible to the upstream distro.
>
>That being said, the 2.6.9 kernel has lots of features that are not
>turned on in the default kernel. Until now the answer has been ... if
>you want that, you must make recompile the kernel yourself. Well ...
>now there is another option for x86_64 and i386. I have created an
>unsupported kernel for the CentOS-4 i386 and x86_64 distros. It is in
>the CentOS-Plus repository and is the latest released CentOS-4 Kernel
>(currently 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL), with the configuration files modified to
>turn on optional modules. It is called:
>
>kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.106.unsupported
>
>Turned on (as kernel modules) are the following:
>
>NTFS
>XFS
>JFS
>ReiserFS
>UFS (FreeBSD default file system ... Read Only)
>BeOS (Read Only)
>
>Video4Linux and all supported cards (including Video, Audio, Radio and
>DVB)
>
>all Video Cards
>
>all Alsa Sound Cards
>
>Support for AppleTalk and DECNET
>
>-----------------------
>I am running this kernel on 5 machines for testing and have had no
>problems ... but it is NOT officially supported by CentOS {even less
>than the other stuff :)}
>
>You should evaluate whether you want to use this kernel ... and you
>should test it appropriately prior to putting it on any important
>machines :)
>
>We are also working on a Single CD version of CentOS-4 (similar to the
>CentOS-3.4 Server ISO). This CD will have as much stuff as we can fit
>on a single CD that can be used to set up a server (no X though). All
>other programs will be available via the standard CentOS repositories
>using the "yum groupinstall" feature.
>
>It is my plan to take that CentOS-4 Single Server Edition CD as a
>template and make one (called Single Server unsupported) that will boot
>with this kernel (and contain XFS tools, JFS tools, ReiserFS tools) so
>that people who know how can install reisferfs, XFS, or JFS partitions
>via the command line at install time.
>
>If you are going to use this kernel, you need to enable the CentOS-Plus
>repo from your chosen install method ... for yum, you can do it via the
>command line:
>
>yum --enablerepo=centosplus install kernel
>
>The tools for XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS are also now in the CentOS-Plus
>repository.
>
>This should make CentOS a more robust desktop solution :)
>
>Some notes:
>
>I will update this kernel after normal kernel updates have been
>completed, it may be a day or 2 later. So if you are using features of
>this kernel (like ReiserFS, XFS, etc.) then you may want to turn off
>auto kernel updates, as a new version of the main kernel will be
>installed when available.
>
>You can do this in Up2date, yum and apt inside the config files.
>
>You can also get it via http from your favorite CentOS mirror in the
>CentOS-Plus repository or from here (i386):
>http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/i386/RPMS/
>
>or here (x86_64):
>http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/x86_64/RPMS/
>
>Source RPM is here:
>http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/SRPMS/
>
>Enjoy,
>Johnny Hughes
>
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WOOHOOO....this is good news...at least to me...hey johnny...THANKS a bunch
