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blakyris

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Registered: 2015-09-25

Posts: 16

Replace kernel on OVH dedicated servers from 3.14 grsec to vanilla

Recently I ordered a dedicated server at OVH.com and I installed Arch Linux on it.
But the OVH template image for Arch Linux is installed with their own kernel including grsec patch.
I nstalled the Vanilla kernel with the command : sudo pacman -S linux

In /etc/grub.d/ there is some files :

00_header
06_OVHkernel
10_linux
40_custom

I deleted custom rules ans OVHkernel and executed the command : grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

I reboot the server to try the new config but the server do not start anymore.

So I reinstalled Arch Linux but how to run the Vanilla kernel from official Arch repos ?

Thank you

Wernight

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Registered: 2016-07-17

Posts: 2

Re: Replace kernel on OVH dedicated servers from 3.14 grsec to vanilla

See http://help.ovh.com/KernelInstall

$ cd /boot
$ curl -LO [url]ftp://ftp.ovh.net/made-in-ovh/bzImage/4.9.9/System.map-4.9.9-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64[/url]
$ curl -LO [url]ftp://ftp.ovh.net/made-in-ovh/bzImage/4.9.9/bzImage-4.9.9-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64[/url]
$ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
$ reboot

Check you're booting from HD.

Last edited by Wernight (2017-02-15 14:19:45)