I was missing some bleeding-edge packages, and while I was able to find the RPM packages, I was unable to find the repo path. So, thanks to this post, I was able to use it. This will probably break my Linux, so I will use it in a test environment first.
The repo file would look like this:
[koji]
name=Koji $basearch
baseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/rawhide/latest/$basearch/
enabled=0
#metadata_expire=60m
gpgcheck=0
Modern Kernel specification (can be seen here) defined the initial ramdisk (initrd or initramfs, depends on who you ask) to allow stacking of compressed or uncompressed CPIO archives. It means, in fact, that you can extend your current initramfs by appending a cpio.gz (or cpio) file at the end, containing the additions or changes to…
Installation of minimal selection of Centos 5 – only base, core and dialup selections, will leave a small-sized system, with the minimum required. This is a good setup to start setting up a firewall, and it lets you add any required package later using ‘yum’. This said, you cannot forward X over SSH at this…
I have encountered it on several cases. RedHat Linux ES, by default, uses smp kernel which is limited to eight cores, or two sockets. You find out that your multi-socket hardware, with its 16 (or more…) cores show you only the first eight, both by the simple method of running ‘top‘ and then pressing on…
This is a tricky one. In order to resize /boot, which is, commonly the first partition, you need to push forward the beginning of the next partition. This is not an easy task, especially if you are not using LVM – then you have to use external partitioning modification tools, like PQMagic (if it still…
It has been long since I had the time to write here. I have recently been involved more and more with XenServer virtualization, as you might see in the blogs, and following a solution to a rather common problem, I have decided to post it here. The problem: When attempting to boot a Linux VM…
I am using autofs (or automout) to handle shares presented on an NFS server I am using. When I am not home, or when the server is inaccessible, I do not want to be delayed by autofs failure to mount. This failure could take a long while, causing Autofs delay mount. During that time –…
