I just got a handspring visor, and as a result I had to upgrade my kernel.
I am currently using mandrake 7.1 (kernel 2.2.15) and I had no problems
building the 2.4.0 kernel (it only took a few minutes on my dualy ;-).
The problem that arose was lack of reiserfs module support. Is the 2.4.0
kernel stripped down, or was the mandrake kernel just really cool? Does
anybody know about reiserfs support in the new kernel? -- joe
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Cory Petkovsek wrote:
> For those of you who haven't taken the time to learn how to recompile your kernel, I
>will say the 2.4 kernel boots much faster than the 2.2.x. At least on my laptop.
>I'd recommend taking the time, as it's good experience. It will be at least a few
>more months before any of the main distro's come out with it.
>
> Learn to recompile your kernel with the HOWTO's:
> /usr/doc/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.txt
>
> While you may want to just tinker around with it without reading the whole document,
>I recommend atleast familiarizing yourself with the manpage on lilo 'man lilo', 'man
>lilo.conf', and making sure you know how to boot off of two kernels (one at a time).
>
> For instance, make sure you get a lilo boot prompt on startup (or can get one), that
>gives you the option to boot to something like: linux, linux.old, dos, etc...
>
> This willl allow you to boot to your old kernel (linux.old) in case you mess up your
>new kernel (linux). Make sure both linux and linux.old boot your system properly,
>then you are ready to experiment.
>
> May Tux be with you
> Cory
>
