Steven J Mackenzie wrote:
>
> Mindaugas Riauba wrote:
> > Hm. What about some more major upgrade then? :) That is egcs 1.1, glibc
> > 2.1,
> > kernel 2.2 and KDE 1.1 ?
>
> The source code for kernel 2.2.1 is included on the cd image. I noticed a
> file (apps/kernel2.2/INSTALL) that says this:
>
> Linux 2.2.1 kernel installation
> -------------------------------
>
> In order to install your new 2.2.1 linux kernel on your Mandrake system,
> run X/KDE and type:
>
> ------------------------------
> rpm -Uvh initscripts-3.80-2.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh modutils-2.1.121-3.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh net-tools-1.49-2.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh procinfo-15-1.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh util-linux-2.9-8.i386.rpm
>
> [snip -- brief guide to recompiling a kernel ...]
>
> What do these new packages do?
> Will it still be ok to run 2.0.36 with them installed? 2.2.1 without them??
not tested with 2.0.36, sorry, but should work. However, the next
initsript release will not be compatible anymore with 2.0.x kernels
since 2.2.x does not use depmod anymore (and probably will desactivate
"kerneld" automatically if present)
Greets,
Gael.
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