Editing Install kernel from RPM on Ubuntu 10.04

You can use the latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Ubuntu 10.04 machine. Here's how.

== Installation ==
1. Get the latest kernel from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] and [[Download/utils]]. You need 
* vzkernel
* vzkernel-devel
* vzctl
* vzctl-lib
* vzquota
<code>vzkernel-devel</code> is optional.

2. Install fakeroot and alien.
 apt-get install fakeroot alien

3. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
 fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm

4. Install debs.
 dpkg -i vz*.deb

5. Modify <code>/boot/grub/menu.lst</code> like this. This heavily depends on your enviornment. Please modify. See also “configuring the bootloader” of [[Quick installation]].
 default         0
 timeout         3
 
 title           Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS with OpenVZ, kernel 2.6.32-042stab044.17
 root            (hd0,0)
 kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-042stab044.17 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
 initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-042stab044.17
 
 title           Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-38-server
 root            (hd0,0)
 kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-server root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
 initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-38-server

6. Edit <code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code>. See “sysctl” of [[Quick installation]].

7. Make OpenVZ boots automatically.
 update-rc.d vz defaults

8. Reboot.
 reboot

9. Follow the [[Quick installation]] from “installing OS template caches”. 

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