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]]. You need 
* vzkernel
* vzkernel-devel
<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. Install vz utils
 apt-get install vzctl vzquota

6. 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

6b. If using grub2, please modify <code>/etc/default/grub</code> and change GRUB_DEFAULT to whatever your new grub entry is named (check your menuentrys in /boot/grub/grub.cfg)
 "GRUB_DEFAULT="Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-042stab061.2"

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

8. Make OpenVZ boots automatically.
 update-rc.d vz defaults
 update-rc.d vzeventd defaults

9. If you plan to use LVM2, make sure the module dm-mod is loaded at startup:
 echo "dm-mod" >> /etc/modules

10. Reboot.
 reboot

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

11b. rsyslog probably won't work (it depends on a debian-specific kernel-hack). See
[http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?p=32053] on how to get it working again.

12. See also [[Common Networking HOWTOs]].

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 * vzkernel-devel
 <code>vzkernel-devel</code> is optional.
-For newer kernels with [[ploop]]-support you will not be able to use the vzctl package that comes with Ubuntu 10.04. So download the following rpm-packages from openvz.org as well
-* ploop
-* ploop-lib
-* vzctl-core
-* vzctl
-* vzquota
 . Install fakeroot and alien.
   apt-get install fakeroot alien
-. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien and install the converted kernel
+. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien.
-  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version *.rpm
+  fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm
-  dpkg -i vzkernel*deb
+. Install debs.
+  dpkg -i vz*.deb
-a. Install vz utils ('''only if you did not download vzctl and vzquota from openvz.org''')
+. Install vz utils
   apt-get install vzctl vzquota
-'''OR'''
-b. Download and install [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libcgroup1 libcgroup1] from the Ubuntu 12.04 repository for your architecture if you plan of using current versions of vzctl
- wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/universe/libc/libcgroup/libcgroup1_0.37.1-1ubuntu10_i386.deb
- wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/universe/libc/libcgroup/libcgroup1_0.37.1-1ubuntu10_amd64.deb
- dpkg -i libcgroup1*deb
- dpkg -i ploop*deb vzquota*deb vzctl*deb
 . 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]].