Tom,
I do not wish to get into an argument about this. But I myself tried using
M5.3 with kernel 2.2.9 and received the same problem with Ethernet card and
such. The unmounting of the filesystem is a BIG bug and you are correct it is
not a 'minor glitch'. But on a side note I am insulted at the response to use
redhat 6.0, RedHat in my personal opinon are sell outs nothing more nothing
less. I have liked Mandrake so far and do intend to stick with it. But I
usually never use a x.0 product due to it is a new product with many bugs.
That is why I wanted to switch back down to 5.3.
I was unable to do that so I had to blow away my drive and install clean.
I did this using 6.0 and everything went ok. But once again as soon as I
complied the kernel with the default settings that were listed. NO
MODIFICATIONS DONE TO THE KERNEL. Doing:
make dep clean modules modules_install bzdisk (I always compile a new kernel
to a bootdisk it is a good habit).
And once again there was the issue with the network and the inablity to
recoginze some external devices. I.E. a zip drive that does have module
support installed.
Once again I do declare that I think there is a serious bug in 2.2.9 kernel
that needs to be addressed. The OS is fine other then that point in my
opinion. But once again they are opinion. And if you wish to challange that
opinion you can e-mail me directly at:
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But do not attempt to flame me or challange me on a public mailing such as
this.
Regards,
-Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Dienstag, 1. Juni 1999 21:18
> Subject: [expert] Mandrake 6.0
>
>
> >Well in my personal opinon 6.0 looks good on the outside. But 5.3 is what I
> >think is a more stable release. There are way to many bugs in the 2.2.9
> >kernel. I am switching down to 5.3 but once the bugs are fixed I will
> upgrade
> >again to 6.0 (on the grounds that an upgrade from 5.3 to 6 will be a stable
> >upgrade).
> >
> >-Al
> >
>
> Hi Al,
> well, let me repeat this: the M6 issues are not related to 2.2.9. I run 5.3
> with a self-compiled 2.2.9 kernel over here and don't experience any
> troubles at all. There must be something odd about the initscripts. Hm, I am
> no expert at the SysV init process but I will take look at them myself.
> Anyway, bugs are not unusual for a major version release, especially not on
> such a cutting edge release like 'Venus' (which is at least one release
> ahead of all other distros).
> If you prefer something more conservative, maybe you should give RedHat 6 a
> try...
>
> Regards
>
> tom
>
