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Finding the kernel version in OpenVZ CentOS 6

Posted on by Ahmed Amayem

When running a Linux server it is sometimes necessary to check which kernel version you are using to be able to choose certain software to install etc. There are a few ways to do this. We will be trying out the methods in this linfo.org article. Since I am running an OpenVZ CentOS 6 Linux…

Checking if your CentOS system is original or a virtualization version (OpenVZ)

Posted on by Ahmed Amayem

As I was finding the kenel version of my Linux server I hit some issues as I ran this command. [ahmed@amayem kernel]$ uname -r 2.6.32-042stab078.28 I noticed that that version string is a bit unusal. It has stab in it. Kernel version 2.6.32 was released by kernel.org and I don’t see a stab in the…