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make install
make install
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= Install newest kernel =
3.6.8 currently.
Download from http://kernel.org
unpack, setup, compile and install:
<pre>
make menuconfig
make -j 8 && make -j 8 modules_install && make install
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Switch bootloader default # if you want to boot from it
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vim /boot/grub/grub.menu
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check the new kernel is there and set DEFAULT=0 (default position of the new kernel entry)

Revision as of 15:49, 2 December 2012


Install deps

yum groupinstall Virtualization "Virtualization Client" "Virtualization Platform" "Virtualization Tools"
yum install gcc make libxml2-devel gnutls-devel device-mapper-devel python-devel libnl-devel
*yum install autoconf automake bison byacc flex gcc gcc-c++ gettext libpciaccess libpciaccess-devel libstdc++ libtool make ncurses-devel patch rpm-build
yum -y install glib2*
  • Not sure this is needed.

Install libvirt 1.0.0

Download latest source from: http://libvirt.org/sources/ 

wget http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-1.0.0.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
make
make install
ldconfig

Install KVM 1.2.0

Download latest source from: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Downloads 

http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Downloads
./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
make
make install

Install newest kernel

3.6.8 currently.

Download from http://kernel.org unpack, setup, compile and install: 

make menuconfig
make -j 8 && make -j 8 modules_install && make install

Switch bootloader default # if you want to boot from it 

vim /boot/grub/grub.menu

check the new kernel is there and set DEFAULT=0 (default position of the new kernel entry)

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