On 07/28/2017 08:58 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > 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. OK .. I just pushed this ISO to the master mirror: CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGnome-1707-exp.iso (sha256sum): f60d806f513f337acd09c5cf4a2ec3c735ba82519798d07096992916fc4cf271 Once it makes it to the mirrors, it can be downloaded via this link: https://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGnome-1707-exp.iso I also tested this on a physical machine (t520 thinkpad) , as well as an install on a KVM VM, and it installs fine both places. After install and reboot, add in the experimental.repo file via this link (bottom of the page): https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 Run a 'yum upgrade', reboot and you should be set. Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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