[Triumf-linux-managers] Re: nfs problem in SL5 latest kernels

[Kelvin Raywood]

Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> Please note that this new kernel RH/SL (kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5) prevents
> installation of the "fixed" kernel in the TRIUMF repository:

CentOS have released kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.bz321111 which fixes the 
nfs problem referenced in RedHat bugzilla-321111. I have put the kernel 
and associated module rpms in http://mirror.triumf.ca/centos/kernel/5.

If you installed SL-5 from the TRIUMF kickstart, then the nightly update 
will update triumf-yumconf.  This contains a new version of 
"/etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo" that includes the definition of a new 
[centos-kernel] repository. Once that is in place, "yum update" will get 
the fixed kernels from CentOS.

More info on the CentOS repositories addded by the TRIUMF rpms:

/etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo is added by the TRIUMF rpms for easy access
to packages in CentOS-Extras and CentOS-Plus.
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories

CentOS-Extras is enabled by default since it does not conflict with the 
base distribution and contains packages that some might find useful; 
e.g. freenx, yumex and, the xfs kernel-module and tools.

CentOS-Plus contains newer versions of certain base packages.  Thus it 
is not enabled by default and should be used with caution.  However, it 
is occasionally useful if you need something like an updated version of 
apache or postgres for SL-4.  In those cases, you should append a line 
like "includepkgs=postgres*" to the definition of the repository to 
ensure that only the packages you need are included.

Summaries of the packages are available in repoview format for each 
relaease and architecture.  For example, centos-extras for SL-5 x86_64 
see: http://mirror.triumf.ca/centos/5/extras/x86_64/repodata/

A web page explaining the new TRIUMF kickstarts and the TRIUMF rpm 
repository is coming soon.  Watch this space.

Kel Raywood
TRIUMF Network and Computing Services