On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:14:42 -0700, lin q wrote: >>From: Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: LFS Support List >><[email protected]> To: LFS Support List >><[email protected]> Subject: Re: LFS 5.0 question >>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:54:16 +0000 (GMT) >> >>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, lin q wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > I am going to build a linux according to LFS. The thing is the >> > kernel >>I >> > want to use is 2.4, while the latest LFS 6.0 is for kernel 2.6. I >>checked >> > the LFS release archive and see that version 5.0 and version 5.1.1 are >>for >> > kernel 2.4.22 and 2.4.26. >> > >> > I am more inclined to 2.4.22 as it is the version I will use for my >> > project, but I jsut wonder if LFS 5.0 is bug-free? I am pretty new to >>Linux >> > build, so the first book I will follow is best to be a good one. >> > >> > >> In our terms, 2.4.22 is /insanely/ old. If you are running on very >>obscure hardware, there may be good reasons to use older kernels, but >>then you can pretty much guarantee that lfs hasn't been tested on that >>hardware. Specifically, there were a whole raft of security issues with >>kernels between 2.4.22 and 2.4.2{5,6} (I can remember that because I was >>using obscure hardware and trying to back-port the fixes - it's a mug's >>game) >> >> Generally, 2.6 kernels now mostly run better than 2.4 kernels on all >>recent processors. > Thanks, my PC is a Pentium Celeron 266MHz eMachine. I want to use old > kernel because this machine is sort of old, (or is it as you see?), I must > turn off DMA in order to use CDROM. > > I want to minimize the hassel as Linux build is new to me, a more stable > and bug-less version is the key point. If 2.6 kernel is actually good, > then among LFS 5.0, 5.1.1 and 6.0, which is the best fit for me? > > Thanks. > > _________________________________________________________________ Express > yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
I've built LFS 6.0 for my 486 router. Built LFS 6.0 for my p2 333 IBM Thinkpad 390E. And I have used LFS Testing (before it was released as 6.0) on my P200MMX machine. No DMA problems to use a cdrom drive. Building doesn't take long since I build the LFS's on either my P4 or Dual p3 xeon machines. You probably don't have that luxury? Anyways. 5.1.1 is great. Been using it on the old PowerMac 6500. Took a week to build :P -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
