I thought I heard someone say end of September... Edmund -----Original Message----- From: chronos . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7 release date Hi all, Had a quick question, when is version 8.1 supposed to be released to the public ? thanx, chornos. On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:25:50 -0400 Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >with all the stuff with the kernel 2.4.7, I feel since Mandrake will soon be >releasing the 8.1 version I'll update my whole system instead of bits and >pieces of it.. >since it looks like the 8.1 release will have the 2.4.8 kernel to it and any >new or newer lib files also.. >saves on problems as from what I have been reading on here.. > >On Friday 07 September 2001 09:03 am, you wrote: >> On Friday 07 September 2001 02:22 am, Jose M. Sanchez escribi�: >> > The software manager will download the upgraded RPM if used >> > correctly. >> > >> > I had no trouble going to 2.4.8-12mdk via the installer. It "lilo'd" >> > my system properly as well and picked up the PBM and other libraries >> > needed for recompilation, since I requested that the headers and >> > sources be installed too. >> >> For no good reasons at all ;) I often upgrade kernels. Some mkinitrd >> and all the proper links in /boot and edit and run lilo. Some don't. >> IIRC, -12mdk did, but -11mdk didn't for example. You got lucky ;> >> Lurking on the cooker list, I can say they're still ironing out some >> substantial bugs. Current is -20mdk, but 2.4.8-22mdk is already in the >> works. >> >> I usually wait till at least -10mdk in a cooker kernel series. Then >> start trying ready mades. If the precompiled is successfull, then I d/l >> the source and headers for it. Supermount is back as of 2.4.8-18mdk, >> but not yet ready for prime time. > >---------------------------------------- >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >Content-Description: >---------------------------------------- > > ________________________________________________________ The Best News Source On The Web - http://www.disinfo.com
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