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Hello,
With the news that RHEL will be free for up to 16 servers:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/centos-is-gone-but-rhel-is-now-free-for-up-to-16-production-servers/
is anyone willing to spend some time trying to install it in a
chroot then getting it to boot under Xen PVH mode?
Assuming it is possible to access the RPM files, I assume the
process will be very similar to the current CentOS 8 process:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Installing_CentOS_8
which can be summarised as:
1. Prepare a chroot
2. Install CentOS base system into it
3. Enable EPEL repository to switch it to kernel-ml package so that
it works under Xen.
I will provide the VM account to do it, and some amount of account
credit once it is done and documented in the wiki.
I have no idea what hoops one must jump through to get a Red Hat
developer account nor if it is possible to download the RPMs like
that once you do. If I did I'd do this myself!
Please Contact me off-list if interested in helping out.
Cheers,
Andy
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