On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:24:16AM +0100, Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh. So loopback is known to have problems in 2.6.0. I didn't know that, > thanks for the info. NP. It knows to have a lot of problems. :-(
> > Sure, but that's an encryted one. > > Well i didn't dare to mess with a valuable partition. I really would > *hate* it to reinstall because of that. I have of course backups of all > important files but not a complete image. I mean you may experience fsck over a loopback image, if it's not encrypted. > Yeah, well. I don't want to mess up a perfectly working system. Maybe my > next install will be testing or SID. OK, I just meant Sarge would be more or less the same, a good working system. > > My advise is: stuck with 2.4.22. If it's working, then all good, why > > doing risky upgrading? > > The main reason for me to upgrade to 2.6 is the local root bug in > 2.4.22. As i understand it, it can be used to crack a system after > remotely hacking, say SSH. Sorry, I meant 2.4.23, this bug is fixed there. Also, it's easy to 'backport' to earlier kernels, it adds two lines only... If you want, I can check where I put that fix only as a patch. > Also the increased performance of 2.6 is really nice. And of course > applying up to 6 (i think) patches to a vanilla 2.4 kernel to get my > hardware working is kinda annoying, too. I see. As -mm1 is available for 2.6.0 as well now, it would be good if you start with that. > Thanks for your reply and a happy new year :) Thanks! Merry Christmas first! :-) So I wish the same for you! Cheers, GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
