Recent content by dbaDavid

Quick question: Can't I just add definitions for other repositories (archived or otherwise) directly to my VMs and gain YUM access directly from my VMs to the kernels, packages, etc I'm interested in? During my research of bouncing between major and minor kernel releases, it appears that moving...

great article on the usage of Yum on our servers / VMS. How would one go about getting a listing of packages from archived repositories that're not defined or enabled on your server / VM?

Thanks for this great post. I did a lot of reading on yum and repositories last night. I should be able to quickly find out how to compile a kernel from a src.rpm. Based on my reading, I'm considering creating a VM that I can use to download historical repositories to. Thanks for the guidance...

Thanks a million. I owe you a beer.

Hey, Team - I have an app that needs a specific dot release of Oracle Linux 7, which is 3.10.0-229.1.2.el7.x86_64. Where can I get this kernel from? I'm using Virtualbox to build Lunix VMs. I'm currently running 3.10.0-1062.1.2.el7.x86_64 and need to either downgrade or create a new VM running...