Kernel

Add panic=10 to the kernel command line to reboot with 10 seconds of a kernel error. Be careful with this when setting up new kernels.

It’s possible to change it later with sysctl, or by writing to /proc:

To make it permanent, edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the below line:

`sysctl -p` to load the conf file and make permanent.

Immensely useful article for learning about Linux kernel at IBM DeveloperWorks.

Edit "/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf" and change the enabled to "0" or increase the "tokeep" value to the number of versions you want to keep.

1. Download the specific kernel module rpm from linux-ntfs.org .
   
2. You can check the currently installed kernel version using `uname -rm` .
   
3. Install via:
   

   # rpm -ivh kernel-module-ntfs-*.rpm
   

4. Check the partitions to be mounted:

   # fdisk -l | grep NTFS
   

   Note: If using a dual boot, then windows is normally installed in the first partition, "/dev/hda1".

5. The listed NTFS partition can be mountable after a restart via:
   

   # mount -r -o umask=0222 -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/ntfs
   

6. For automated mounts during startup, add the below line in "/etc/fstab" .

   /dev/hda1   /mnt/ntfs     ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0