Hello,

I am running CentOS version 4.1 with Kernel version 2.6.9-11.EL.
I am trying to install a license server. When I attempt installation I immediately get this error:

Checking platform for correct operating system version...
ERROR: Linux kernel must be 2.2.12 or later!

This particular software says requirements are for eith HP Unix or RedHat.

I don't see why that this, being CentOS, instead of RedHat would cause this to happen. Anyone have any ideas of why the install script thinks this is not the kernel version that it is??? I was told on this Forum that CentOS is essentially RedHat. Where is the script looking to find the kernel version? Is there somewhere I can make a change so that the Install script sees that this is the right Kernel version? Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Hart to tell where it's going to look, you could conceivably
try to look in the script yourself. `uname -r` is a likely candidate.

But maybe the script is just getting the maths wrong if Centos
appends the EL stuff ...


Cheers,
Tink

yeah but where is the kernel version held? When you do a uname -r, Linux outputs the kernel version. So where is this info stored that programs know which kernel version the OS is using? What is the ".EL" portion of the kernel number mean?? For some reason when the installation process is happening, it thinks the kernel version is below 2.2.12. Why? How can I correct this so it sees that this is really 2.6-11.EL? The Install won't continue untill I find away to correct this.

Ok. I guess the kernel version is determined from /proc/version. I checked it and it is 2.6-11.EL. I am curious what the ".EL" means though. I am still no closer to figuring out why the software Installation process thinks my kernel version is below 2.2-12 though. Heeeeelp!

Did you ???.

What's the point of chasing the nuances of the kernel name (extension) if you haven't checked the script for what it's looking for.
If it's a program rather than a script, you're probably SOL.

yes I did. It says:

echo Checking for correct operating system version...
uname -a >$LOG
. $INSTALL/license/bin/.nc_wrapper

if [-z "$ARCH" ]
then UnsupportedArchitecture
blah blah


As you should see, it does a uname -a

when I issue a uname -a, I get:

Linux Shenk.Shnockered.net 2.6-11.EL #1 Wed Jun 8 'the time, proccesor type"

Any ideas? Thanks forthe help BTW

First, cut and paste when providing information. Bad info is at best misleading, at worst useless.
I doubt very much that "uname -a" returned what you cited - "2.6-11.EL" ????.

If I were you I keep digging - see what that ".nc_wrapper" is looking for.
How old is this product ???. If it's too old, the script(s) may not have been written to handle anything above 2.4.?.
Could be as simple as dodgy math, who knows.

Whoops! Kernel version is 2.6.9-11.EL

I found this in .nc_wrapper:

Linux )
if [ -s /etc/redhat-release ]
then case $UNAME_R in
2.2.1[2-9]* | 2.2.[2-9]* | 2.4.[2-9]* | 2.4.1[0-9]* ) : ;;
* ) Error "Linux kernel must be 2.2.12 or later!" ;;
esac

I noticed that no kernel version above 2.4.19 is mentioned. Should I edit this portion to include 2.6.9-11.EL? My guess is that this software was written pre 2.6 version. When I edit this portion should it look like this:


Linux )
if [ -s /etc/redhat-release ]
then case $UNAME_R in
2.2.1[2-9]* | 2.2.[2-9]* | 2.4.[2-9]* | 2.4.1[0-9]* | 2.6.[1-11.EL]* ) : ;;
* ) Error "Linux kernel must be 2.2.12 or later!" ;;
esac

BTW, if I seem like a newb....I AM! Thanks again for your help!

Not worth playing with - delete (or better, comment out) that bit of code.
Simple is almost always best.

Are you saying do this:

#Linux )
if [ -s /etc/redhat-release ]
then case $UNAME_R in
2.2.1[2-9]* | 2.2.[2-9]* | 2.4.[2-9]* | 2.4.1[0-9]* ) : ;;
* ) Error "Linux kernel must be 2.2.12 or later!" ;;
esac

Will this break something else as the rest of the script runs? Or did you mean something else?

Nope, that wasn't what I meant - and you'd need to look at the full script.
Perhaps you were right - maybe update the code as follows;

Thank you very much! I will try that.

I'm off to work now. I will be sure to let you know how it went