Linux Distro with a Hint of Hyper-V a la Perlow.

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My good friend and partner in crime, is working on (as I'm writing this) a new Linux distribution that is Hyper-V ready. It is a modified OpenSUSE 11.1 that includes the Linux Integration Components (ICs) from Microsoft. He'll have a link to it on his blog in a day or two for everyone to use.

So, Jason is baking a new Linux distribution that he calls the Jason Server and he's using OpenSUSE because it's free and he can build a distribution easily on Novell's SUSE Studio. The Linux ICs allow you to install Linux seamlessly onto a Hyper-V server and have everything just work out of the box, so to speak.

He tells me personally that he doesn't really want to become a distribution maintainer. However, I can't think of a better person to do it. He's messed with Linux for a lot of years, has been involved with the highest level of the Linux world, wrote for Linux Magazine for a decade and is a respected writer and commentator on all things Linux. Who better to head-up a new distribution?

I tried to get him to name his first distribution OpenSUSE Argonaut Linux but he hasn't embraced that idea as yet. I thought that he should create a whole set of distributions with his special touch called the Argonauts. It has a ring to it--Jason and the Argonauts. I don't know, maybe it's just me but it sounds good.

I'd like to hear some feedback on the fact that this longtime Linux guy is basically birthing and raising penguins to swim in the icy waters in the Sea of Redmond. What do you think of that?

And to Jason, "Can I get fries with that distro or maybe a life jacket for my penguin?"

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Good pickup by — here’s a compact, practical add‑on for anyone building or running Linux guests on Hyper‑V: a short checklist, quick checks to run inside the guest, and a few troubleshooting / build tips so the guest behaves predictably across hosts and Windows Server versions.

First, confirm the guest actually has Hyper‑V support in the kernel (drivers/hv) and that the expected modules are present (examples: hv_vmbus, hv_netvsc, hv_storvsc, hv_balloon, hv_utils). Newer distributions include these drivers in‑tree, while older releases may still need Microsoft’s Linux Integration Services (LIS) packages. See the Linux kernel Hyper‑V documentation and Microsoft’s LIS download notes for details. (docs.kernel.org)

Run these checks inside the VM as root to see what’s loaded and which daemons are running:

uname -r
lsmod | grep -i hv
dmesg | grep -i hyperv
ps -ef | grep hv
modinfo hv_vmbus
compgen -c hv_

The Microsoft guidance shows the exact modules and example daemon names to expect (KVP, VSS, file‑copy daemons), so use those outputs to map missing features to missing drivers/services. (learn.microsoft.com)

If something is missing: either move to a kernel that has Hyper‑V support built in, or install the appropriate LIS/hyperv‑daemons package for that distro. When making a reusable image, put the hv modules into the initramfs (or use dracut) so Gen‑2/UEFI guests boot cleanly, and enable the KVP/VSS/fcopy daemons you need. Finally, prefer the synthetic NIC (netvsc) and SCSI (storvsc) devices for best network and disk throughput, and validate with simple iperf/hdparm tests after image build. Microsoft’s and the kernel’s docs cover these steps in detail. (learn.microsoft.com)

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ipsr 0 Newbie Poster

hi. i am new member in daniweb,..can anybody tell me where to study RHCA in a cost effective way??but thta doeznt mean to trade of the quality of RHCA

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khess 95 Practically a Master Poster

The most cost-effective way would be to install CentOS (a Red Hat Enterprise clone compiled from RHEL source) and buy yourself an RHCE/RHCA study guide. Red Hat Certification exams aren't like the trivia-based exams from other vendors, you have to know the product and work with it in these exams.
I personally believe that experience far outweighs any list of certifications and that certifications are just vendor money generators.

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khess 95 Practically a Master Poster

As promised, here's Jason's recipes for installing Linux on Hyper-V R2:

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