Enterprise Linux  Release Notes

  (Release 5.2 )

Introduction

 This document covers following topics regarding Enterprise Linux 5.2.

For latest updates please refer to the online version of release notes available at:

http://oss.oracle.com/el5/docs/

NOTE:  Upgrade of Enterprise Linux from a beta release is not supported.  Further,  in-place upgrades between major versions of  Enterprise Linux is not supported. Oracle does not recommend to upgrade from earlier major versions of Enterprise Linux though anaconda provides an option do to this upgrade.  Fresh installation is strongly recommended rather than a system upgrade between major versions.

Changes from Upstream Release

The following rpms are modified from the upstream . All changes are trademark and look/feel related unless otherwise noted below under the specific RPM.
Path of the Distribution changed from RedHat to Enterprise on the install CDs.
            GPG key related changes
           Updated firmware from Intel             ocfs2 related fix.
Following packages are removed

           Replaced by oracle-logos
           Replaced by enterprise-release
           Replaced by enterprise-release-notes-5Server
            Replaced by up2date
             Replaced by up2date-gnome               Replaced by up2date               Replaced by up2date               Replaced by up2date Following documentation packages are removed

New Packages added

  Enterprise Linux  has following additional  packages

         

Kernel  and Driver Updates

This section covers  significant changes in the kernel in this release.

 Bug Fixes  added  by Oracle

Enterprise Linux 5.2  ships with two sets of kernel packages. One with  bug fixes added by Oracle and another one unmodified kernel.  Default installation installs kernel without fixes added by Oracle.The  kernel with  bug fixes added by Oracle needs to be manually installed.  Following are the steps to install this kernel

1. mount Enterprise Linux 5.2 CD 1 or DVD

2. copy the rpms from <mount_point>/Server/oracle_updated to your system

3. install the required  kernel using the rpm command,
             e.g. rpm -ihv kernel-2.6.18-92.0.0.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes/Additions from upstream distribution provider



Technology Preview Features

Following Technology Preview features are currently not supported under  Enterprise Linux  5 , may not be functionally complete.


These features are  not suitable for production use. However, these features are included  to provide the feature with wider exposure.

Unbreakable Linux Support

Enterprise Linux offers an option to keep your operating system up to date with latest operating system patches using up2date.  To be able to  use this option you need to have Unbreakable Linux  Support. For more information  please visit http://linux.oracle.com

Note: Prior to using up2date, import the RPM-GPG-KEY for Enterprise Linux:

rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

Known Issue

If updating from OEL 5 GA or RHEL 5 GA using up2date, you may encounter the following error:

Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
xen-3.0.3-64.el5                      requires xen-hypervisor-abi = 3.1

This happens because a kernel-xen package update is needed by the xen package, but 'kernel*' is part of the up2date pkgSkipList.  To get
around this, add 'xen;xen-devel;' to the the pkgSkipList line in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date and then run up2date.  You can update the xen and kernel-xen packages together later via 'up2date --force xen kernel-xen'.