On 07/28/2017 07:51 AM, wwp wrote: > Hello Johnny, > > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:14:49 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote: >>> Hello Johnny, >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > Where could I get an ISO (once fixed), I only saw RPMs at the link you > pasted? Or do I have to assemble myself in some way? > Once I get a working ISO that installs, I'll post a link. You would have to set up the experimental repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ to get kernel updates, and those would be RPM only. In fact, I have a live ISO now that installs (in KVM) .. but I still need to make sure this kernel updates correctly from the experimental repo. The kernel (and linux-firmware) rpms are unsigned, but should upgrade from the experimental repo for future upgrades and those are signed. So, I should have something installable sometime in the next few hours that you can try. Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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