Installing ASL kernel

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zonathen
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Installing ASL kernel

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Hi guys I chose not to install the kernel for a new digital ocean cloud server and then I realized that it might actually work with the kernel as it doesn't appear to be a vps.

After the standard asl install I tried to install the kernel via the instructions here: https://www.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.ph ... ASL_kernel

But yum keeps saying nothing to install. Definitely not running the kernel. All the repos are there and yum is not excluding it. How do I force this kernel to install?

yum --disableexcludes=all --enablerepo=tortix-kernel upgrade kernel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* asl-4.0: www3.atomicorp.com
* atomic: www3.atomicorp.com
* base: repos.lax.quadranet.com
* extras: mirror.san.fastserv.com
* tortix: www3.atomicorp.com
* tortix-kernel: www3.atomicorp.com
* updates: mirrors.xmission.com
Setting up Upgrade Process
No Packages marked for Update

uname -a
Linux myserver.com 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 13 13:06:13 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Interesting digital ocean got back to me:

We do not support the installing of custom kernels on your own, however if you are able to install one of your kernels on your Droplet, we can manually import it and set the system to use it when your Droplet boots.

In order to do so, please open up a support ticket on your account.

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so it looks like I need them to have it boot into it. they have what they need right?

yum list | grep kernel
* tortix-kernel: www3.atomicorp.com
dracut-kernel.noarch 004-336.el6_5.2 @updates
kernel.x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
kernel.x86_64 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6 @updates
kernel.x86_64 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6 @updates
kernel.x86_64 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6 @updates
kernel.x86_64 1:3.2.62-74.art @tortix-kernel
kernel-headers.x86_64 1:3.2.62-74.art @tortix-kernel
linux-firmware.noarch 20131001-33.gitb8ac7c7e.el6 @tortix-kernel
abrt-addon-kerneloops.x86_64 2.0.8-21.el6.centos base
buildsys-build-atomic.x86_64 10:21-1.74 tortix-kernel
buildsys-build-atomic-kerneldevpkgs-current.x86_64
10:21-1.74 tortix-kernel
iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl105-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl135-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl2000-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl2030-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl3945-firmware.noarch 15.32.2.9-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl4965-firmware.noarch 228.61.2.24-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl6000-firmware.noarch 9.221.4.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.3-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl6000g2b-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.2-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
iwl6050-firmware.noarch 41.28.5.1-28.el6.art tortix-kernel
kernel-abi-whitelists.noarch 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 updates
kernel-debug.x86_64 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 updates
kernel-debug-devel.x86_64 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 updates
kernel-devel.x86_64 1:3.2.62-74.art tortix-kernel
kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 updates
kernel-firmware.noarch 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 updates
kernel-headers.i686 1:3.2.50-56.art tortix-kernel
kmod-open-vm-tools.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
kmod-xtables-addons.x86_64 1.47.1-3.74.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3 tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3 tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.57.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.57.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.58.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.57.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.58.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.60.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.61.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.62.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.63.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.64.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.65.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.66.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.67.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.67.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.68.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.68.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.70.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.71.el6.art tortix-kernel
1.47.1-3.74.el6.art tortix-kernel
libertas-sd8686-firmware.noarch 20130607-28.git2892af0.el6.art tortix-kernel
libertas-sd8787-firmware.noarch 20130607-28.git2892af0.el6.art tortix-kernel
tortix-kernel
libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware.noarch 20130607-28.git2892af0.el6.art tortix-kernel
libreport-plugin-kerneloops.x86_64 2.0.9-19.el6.centos base
open-vm-tools.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
open-vm-tools-debuginfo.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
open-vm-tools-devel.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
open-vm-tools-kmod-debuginfo.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
open-vm-tools-libs.x86_64 9.0.0-2 tortix-kernel
xtables-addons.x86_64 1.47.1-3.74.el6.art tortix-kernel
xtables-addons-debuginfo.x86_64 1.47.1-3.74.el6.art tortix-kernel
xtables-addons-kmod-debuginfo.x86_64 1.47.1-3.74.el6.art tortix-kernel
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Perhaps you have already installed the kernel package? ;-)

Code: Select all

rpm -q kernel | sort
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Okay looks like a nogo with digital ocean at this time even though their support said it was possible.. In case anybody else is curious:

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Unfortunately, with our infrastructure, we are unable to boot custom kernels at this time. We are only able to have droplets boot from standard kernels.
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Yeah that sounds like they're using xen, and not loading kernels via grub
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Weird, I always thought they were using KVM (https://www.digitalocean.com/features/technology/)

Even with Xen, it should be possible to boot your own kernel via PyGrub.
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Sometimes, we get amazon users all the time that cant use it.
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Re: Installing ASL kernel

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Yeah maybe it is possible but they haven't automated it yet. Sounds like mixed signals so maybe they are doing it manually for some people reluctantly. If it's not built into their provisioning process then it adds manual maintenance that breaks later, like what if I want to upgrade the custom kernel later and so on. I'm guessing the reason they are priced so low is everything is automated so they can keep the staff minimal. Or it's simply a hook and they raise the prices later :)
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