[NTLUG:Discuss] raid issue and reinstalling OS

[Fred James]

One of the dependencies I ran into was for "Kernel Headers" - what 
is/are that/them, where do I find that/them, and does that require a 
recompiling of the Kernel?

Greg Edwards wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
>
>> RH 7.1
>>
>> Problem - the OS was installed originally (by someone who is no 
>> longer here) without support for development, including no compiler, 
>> and adding new software (such as AMANDA) requires such support.
>> What is my best route?
>> Can I just reinstall the OS with the support options I need, 
>> retaining /backups unchanged, or will that lose the RAID setups?
>>
>
> Fred,
>
> I suggest just installing the packages that you need.  RH is RPM based 
> so it shouldn't be too much work.  Most packages won't require any 
> reboots so you'll be able to stay up and running for most of the process.
>

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