Carla Schroder, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/carla-schroder/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:08:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Linux 2.6: Compiling and Installing Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-compiling-and-installing-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-compiling-and-installing-page-2/ Download and Unpack Your Shiny New Kernel Sources Get the latest stable 2.6 kernel from The Linux Kernel Archives. Click on the “F” to get the complete kernel source. It’s a 32 MB download, and it unpacks to 172MB. Download and unpack it somewhere in your /home directory. The traditional way is create ~/src, and […]

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]]> Cutting Through the SELinux Hype https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/cutting-through-the-selinux-hype/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/cutting-through-the-selinux-hype/ There is a lot of (mostly uninformed) buzz around SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux); it is touted as doing all kinds of wonderful things that it probably doesn’t do. It’s not a good idea to leap into implementing a complex security application like SELinux without understanding what it’s for and how it works, so we’re going […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Go Configure https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-go-configure/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-go-configure/ When we last talked about Linux 2.6 Kernel we left off at giving our new 2.6 kernel a unique name, so we can tell it apart from our other kernels. In this third, and final, salute to the new kernel, we’ll get into the gnarly part — configuration (and we’ll also cover patching kernels, so […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Compiling and Installing https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-compiling-and-installing/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-compiling-and-installing/ We recently highlighted some of the new features of the Linux 2.6 kernel. Now, we’ll look at the process of compiling and installing a new kernel safely, without overwriting the existing kernel. You’ve done your due diligence, and still the new Linux 2.6 kernel calls. Only one solution: Roll up your sleeves and begin the […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Revved and Ready for the Enterprise? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-revved-and-ready-for-the-enterprise/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-revved-and-ready-for-the-enterprise/ Linux Kernel 2.6 has been in stable release for months now, which is like dog’s years in kernel time. Kernel releases are exciting times for Linux geeks, because it’s just plain fun to be able to replace the kernel on a system, or have several different kernels installed, and choose among them as the whim […]

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]]> Tips and Tricks for Taming SELinux Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/tips-and-tricks-for-taming-selinux-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/tips-and-tricks-for-taming-selinux-page-2/ Unsure About an Acronym or Term? Search the ServerWatch Glossary   The security context is used by your SELinux policy to control who can do what. The identity controls which domains the process is allowed to enter. This is defined somewhere inside the vast directory — /etc/selinux — that contains your SELinux policy. In the […]

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]]> Career Options in Open Source Software https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/career-options-in-open-source-software/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/career-options-in-open-source-software/ There you are all bright-eyed and eager, ready to roll up your sleeves and go to work in the exciting new world of Free/Open Source software. You have rosy visions of getting paid to do enjoyable, challenging work. Maybe even fat stock options that vest while you are still young, so you can quit the […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Go Configure Page 3 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-go-configure-page-3/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-go-configure-page-3/ Copy Kernel Image to /boot Now your nice new kernel image must be moved to /boot, naming it whatever you like, I’ll call mine bzImage-2.6.3-testkernel. The kernel name doesn’t matter, as long as you tell your bootloader what it is. # cp ~/src/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.3-testkernel It is OK to stick with tradition, and call it vmlinuz-something, […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Go Configure Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-go-configure-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-go-configure-page-2/ Configure From Scratch There are two nice graphical configuration utilities: menuconfig, and xconfig. menuconfig is ncurses-based, so you don’t need X. xconfig in 2.6 requires Qt and X. Let’s use xconfig, because it is sleek and fast, and completely redesigned for 2.6: $ make xconfig This will putter and mutter for a bit, then spit […]

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]]> Linux 2.6: Revved and Ready for the Enterprise? Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/linux-2-6-revved-and-ready-for-the-enterprise-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/linux-2-6-revved-and-ready-for-the-enterprise-page-2/ Continued From Page 1 Hyper-Threading, or Fake CPUs The Pentium 4 and Xeon CPUs do hyper-threading. Hyper-threading emulates multiple CPUs. The 2.6 kernel fully supports it, and unlike Windows 2000, it knows the difference between fake and real processors. So Windows 2000 wants additional CPU licenses for non-existent processors. I think charging per-CPU licenses is […]

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