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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 09:00 PM |
| Hello,
On one of my servers i upgraded Kernel to latest.
2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus (What plus means?)
I never seen this before.
Thanks,
s-f-r-j
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| Posted by Servax, 10-11-2009, 09:20 PM |
| You're probably running a kernel off the CentOS plus repository:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/centosplus/i386/RPMS/
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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 09:21 PM |
| Thanks for reply Servax.
Is this good kernel? what is difference between this one and kernel without plus?
Thanks,
s-f-r-j
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| Posted by Servax, 10-11-2009, 09:28 PM |
| I don't see any issue with having that kernel..
Here is what CentOS says about the repository for CentOS Plus:
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalRes...ies/CentOSPlus
The kernel version you're running was released by RHEL on 09/29 which was marked as "moderate" and fixes some security holes + bugs with the kernel:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1455.html
The latest version given by CentOS (normal repositories) is kernel-2.6.18-128.1.1.
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| Posted by Steven, 10-11-2009, 09:29 PM |
| That kernel will be fine for you. No issues
Plus includes some additional features. Nothing to be worried about.
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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 09:32 PM |
| Thank you very much, both of you !!!
s-f-r-j
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| Posted by uptime365, 10-11-2009, 10:50 PM |
| It is okay to stay with 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus as the recent security flaw "NULL pointer dereference " is fixed on this kernel, but it is always good to compile and boot to the latest available kernel
current stable one is 2.6.31.3
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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 10:52 PM |
| That version is what yum update gave me.
Should i stay with this, or ask for help how to upgrade to latest kernel version?
What is good website to read about kernel version\fixes\bugs etc?
Thank you,
s-f-r-j
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| Posted by TheServerExperts, 10-11-2009, 11:03 PM |
| You should be fine, no worries
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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 11:06 PM |
| Hello,
That means that everytime what yum update gives me is good enough?
Thanks,
s-f-r-j
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| Posted by Steven, 10-11-2009, 11:14 PM |
| In simple terms... yes.
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| Posted by HostingFields, 10-11-2009, 11:16 PM |
| Thank you Steven! and everybody else.
s-f-r-j
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