fedora repo file in rhel

[priyankgupta1984]

Hi, I am using fedora 15 and rhel6 may i know is there any way by which I can use ferdora Repo file in rhel6 so that i can get updates on my rhel6 from fedora server

[atreyu]

No, do not do that. You need a valid subscription to RHEL to get updates.

If you are feeling wild and crazy and don't care if your RHEL6 box goes tits up, you can try using the CentOS 6.x (binary compatible w/RHEL6) updates repo to update your system. But I wouldn't...

[priyankgupta1984]

@atreyu

Thanks buddy i was just wondering if this could be possible any way do u have any idea can we use nested virtualization on KVM

[atreyu]

Beats me - sounds like a google query. I know that KVM itself works well under RHEL6, use that a lot.

[priyankgupta1984]

Well it works well however as i searched google and according to some post nested environment is yet not possible in kvm but latest kernel for fc15 2.6.40.7 does support it but for that u need kernel-devel, doc, 2.6.40.7 along with it however if u search it on net u will only get 2.6.40.6 for fc 15

so can u tell me if u dont mind can u tell me is there any way by which we can install fc 15 kernel in rhel 6 i tried it several times but wasted.

[atreyu]

There are probably many more dependencies than just the kernel, kernel-devl and doc in order to get where you need to be. Just installing those packages probably won't cut it. I may be wrong, though. In theory, you can install a Fedora kernel, if you really want to. If so, tell us how you went about trying to install it and what exact errors you received. Downloading the RPM files and doing a straight:

rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.40.7.arch.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.40.7.arch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.40.7.noarch.rpm

ought to do it.

However, what I would do, if I really need an updated kernel, is compile it myself from kernel.org. It is not so hard these days, doesn't take too long on modern hardware, and is a good learning experience. AND is definitely the right way to do this (provided that the latest version of your distro does not have the required versions of the packages available to you yet - either as updates or as a new version of the OS - because that is *really* the best way to do it).

[Irithori]

imho: *Never* use repositorys, that are intended for another distribution.
Either roll your own packages
or install fedora15 if you absolutely depend on the packages in there.