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You can use the latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian 6.0 machine. Here's how.
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You can use latest RHEL6-based kernel builds on your Debian or Ubuntu machine. Here's how.
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{{Warning|While it works, the best way is to use native kernel/tools builds for Wheezy, please see [[Installation on Debian]].}}
 
  
 
== Installation ==
 
== Installation ==
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1. Get the latest kernel and utils from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] (or [[Download/kernel/rhel6-testing]]) and [[Download/utils]]. You need  
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1. Get the latest kernel from either [[Download/kernel/rhel6-testing]] or [[Download/kernel/rhel6]]. You need <code>vzkernel</code> and <code>vzkernel-devel</code> packages only, with the <code>-devel</code> being optional.
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* vzkernel
 
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* vzkernel-devel
 
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* vzctl-core
 
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* vzctl
 
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* ploop-lib
 
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* ploop
 
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* vzquota
 
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<code>vzkernel-devel</code> is optional.
 
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2. Install fakeroot and alien.
 
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apt-get install fakeroot alien
 
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3. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
 
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fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm ploop*.rpm
 
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4. Install debs.
 
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dpkg -i vz*.deb ploop*.deb
 
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If you're having problem about overwriting files from other packages, try adding <code>--force-overwrite</code> option.
 
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5. Modify <code>/boot/grub/menu.lst</code>. See “configuring the bootloader” of [[Quick installation]].
 
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6. Edit <code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code>. See “sysctl” of [[Quick installation]].
 
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7. Make OpenVZ boot automatically.
 
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update-rc.d vz defaults
 
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update-rc.d vzeventd defaults
 
  
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8. Reboot.
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2. Install fakeroot and alien:
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  reboot
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  apt-get install alien fakeroot
  
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9. Follow the [[Quick installation]] from “installing OS template caches”.  
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3. Convert these two rpms to debs using alien. This is
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fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vzkernel-*.rpm
  
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10. See also [[Common Networking HOWTOs]].
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4. Install debs as usual. Reboot. Enjoy.
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dpkg -i vzkernel*.deb
  
 
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