I thought the maystream was intended for those who built their own dist from scratch with the z/Series patches/drivers, was that not the intent?
Steve On Tuesday 21 January 2003 13:47, you wrote: > Ok. I'll leave my 2.4.7 alone since I don't have any problems to date. > Thanks for the info on libc. > > > > "Post, Mark K" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] m> cc: > Sent by: Linux on Subject: Re: install > questions 390 Port > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > > > 01/21/2003 03:44 > PM > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port > > > > > > > Michael, > > I'm wondering what is causing you to upgrade your kernel. Any particular > reason? > > You need to keep in mind that SuSE, like most Linux distributions, has > SuSE-specific patches that go into the kernel they ship. If you're going > to > build your own, you will want to try to preserve those patches to make sure > you don't break something else in your system that expects them to be > there. > I just went through that process, and I can tell you it's no fun, even for > a > confirmed bit head like me. If you have a support contract from SuSE, you > should be able to get whatever is the current kernel they support and ship. > > If the error you're getting during DB2 setup is this: > ./db2inst:error while loading shared libraries: > libstdc++libc6.1-2.so.3:cannot load shared object file:No such file or > directory > > then you probably need to install the gppshare RPM. It should be on CD1. > There will also be an updated version on CD3. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: install questions > > > I have Suse Linux(SLES 7) install with a 2.4.7 kernel. I want to know if I > can use the May stream to upgrade to 2.4.19 or must I apply the August > stream. The doc says 2.4.17 and 2.4.7 are functionally equivalent. The > second part of my questions is about the DB2 trial. I downloaded and tarred > the file, but when I ran the ./db2setup it can't find the libc 6.x > libraries. I installed almost everything available from the SUSE site, but > can't find these. Any suggestions?
