Ok, I almost have the test kernel installed, but I screwed up and missed the network driver when installing the stock 2.6.18 kernel; so I can't get the openvz test kernel onto the box very easily.
It looks like upgrading the kernel to 2.6.18.6 fixed the errors. I am guessing there was a driver update to the cciss driver that corrected some type of problem. The cciss driver in the 2.6.9 kernel is 2.6.10; the cciss driver in the 2.6.18.6 kernel is 3.6.10. I am going to back out at this point and install the latest stable openvz kernal and build a binary rpm for the 3.6.x cciss driver and see if that corrects the issue. I will post the results when I get them.
Here is an account of the process:
0-Install CentOS 4.4
1-Run yum update
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
kernel i686 2.6.9-42.0.8.EL update 11 M
kernel-devel i686 2.6.9-42.0.8.EL update 3.7 M
kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-42.0.8.EL update 10 M
Updating:
bind-libs i386 20:9.2.4-24.EL4 update 565 k
bind-utils i386 20:9.2.4-24.EL4 update 141 k
dbus i386 0.22-12.EL.8 update 455 k
dbus-devel i386 0.22-12.EL.8 update 228 k
dbus-glib i386 0.22-12.EL.8 update 38 k
elinks i386 0.9.2-3.3 update 839 k
fetchmail i386 6.2.5-6.el4.5 update 572 k
gnupg i386 1.2.6-8 update 1.6 M
gtk2 i386 2.4.13-22 update 4.3 M
gzip i386 1.3.3-16.rhel4 update 88 k
hwdata noarch 0.146.23.EL-1 update 337 k
info i386 4.7-5.el4.2 update 145 k
iproute i386 2.6.9-3.EL4.3.centos4 update 932 k
kernel-hugemem-devel i686 2.6.9-42.0.8.EL update 3.7 M
kernel-smp-devel i686 2.6.9-42.0.8.EL update 3.7 M
nss_ldap i386 226-17 update 1.0 M
openssh i386 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1 update 317 k
openssh-clients i386 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1 update 341 k
openssh-server i386 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1 update 208 k
openssl i686 0.9.7a-43.14 update 1.1 M
openssl-devel i586 0.9.7a-43.14 update 1.6 M
python i386 2.3.4-14.3 update 4.8 M
python-devel i386 2.3.4-14.3 update 1.4 M
qt i386 1:3.3.3-10.RHEL4 update 2.9 M
sysreport noarch 1.3.15-8 update 18 k
tar i386 1.14-12.RHEL4 update 334 k
texinfo i386 4.7-5.el4.2 update 743 k
tzdata noarch 2006m-3.el4 update 444 k
up2date i386 4.4.69-25.centos4.7 update 1.8 M
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 update 379 k
xorg-x11-font-utils i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 update 302 k
xorg-x11-libs i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 update 2.7 M
xorg-x11-xfs i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 update 315 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 3 Package(s)
Update 33 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 63 M
2-Disable unneeded services
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig rpcidmapd off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig pcmcia off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig xinetd off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig netfs off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig apmd off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig portmap off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig nfslock off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig isdn off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig rpcgssd off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig openibd off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig gpm off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig mdmonitor off
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig xfs off
3-Network settings
a-configure bonding
* update /etc/modprobe.conf, add the following lines
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=0 miimon=100
* create /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
[root@vz1 ~]# cat ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0
IPADDR=10.107.208.150
NETWORK=10.107.208.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=10.107.108.255
USERCTL=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
* update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
[root@vz1 ~]# cat ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
BOOTPROTO=none
SLAVE=yes
* update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
[root@vz1 ~]# cat ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
USERCTL=no
MASTER=bond0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
SLAVE=yes
4-Server Settings
a-ntp
[root@vz1 ~]# yum install ntp
[root@vz1 ~]# chkconfig --level 2345 ntpd on
<update /etc/ntp.conf to use our server>
server 10.107.208.1
b-sendmail
[root@vz1 ~]# diff -u /etc/aliases.orig /etc/aliases
--- /etc/aliases.orig 2007-02-xxx
+++ /etc/aliases 2007-02-xxx
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
decode: root
# Person who should get root's mail
-#root: marc
+root: xxxx
[root@vz1 ~]# newaliases
5-Install openvz
a-kernel
[root@vz1 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
[root@vz1 ~]# wget http://download.openvz.org/openvz.repo
<disable stable and enable devel repo>
--- openvz.repo.original 2007-02-19 12:43:11.000000000 -0500
+++ openvz.repo 2007-02-19 12:43:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
name=OpenVZ stable kernel and utilities
#baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/current/
mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/mirrors-current
-enabled=1
+enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
name=OpenVZ development kernel
#baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/kernel/devel/current/
mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/kernel/mirrors-devel
-enabled=0
+enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ
[root@vz1 ~]# rpm --import http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ
<build latest kernel - non-openvz, upgrade to openvz test yeilds an error>
[root@vz1 src]# yum install kernel-smp
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel-smp.i686 0:2.6.18-ovz028test015.1 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: lksctp-tools conflicts kernel >= 2.6.10
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: lksctp-tools conflicts with kernel >= 2.6.10
[root@vz1 ~]# cd /usr/src
[root@vz1 src]# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.6.tar.gz
[root@vz1 src]# tar -xvzf linux-2.6.18.6.tar.gz
[root@vz1 src]# cd linux-2.6.18.6
[root@vz1 linux-2.6.18.6]# cp ../kernels/2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-smp-i686/.config .
[root@vz1 src]# make oldconfig
<accepted defaults for all new options>
[root@vz1 src]# make all
[root@vz1 src]# make modules_install
[root@vz1 src]# make install
<update grub to use new kernel as default>
<let's go ahead and try engaging the tape drive and see if the problem stops>
It does, good.
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