Muthu Mohan.T forced the electrons to say:
> I am using RH6.2 (PCQ CD), it is running without any problem. Today I saw
> in freshmeat.net. about Linux 2.2.17pre3. When I went to kernel.org there are
> lot of tar.gz files in that directory. Which one I have to download, how to
> install it? In kernel.org I found some more directories named 2.3 & 2.4 like
> that. If they are latest kernels, then why nobody shipping it with their
> distribution? please clear my doubts.
If your RHL installation is running without problems, and if you cannot
make head or tail out of kernel.org's directory structure, then you are
better off the way you are.
Anyway, 2.<even number>.* are stable kernels, 2.<odd number>.* are
development kernels, which might even transmogrify your PC into Spaceman
Spiff. ;-)
2.2.16, IIRC, is the current stable kernel. 2.4 is in the offing, and
the 2.*.pre ones are test versions. My advice to you is to keep off
these kernels. RHL uses a heavily patched kernel which is usually the
stable one at the time of its release.
If you still want to download a kernel and install it, read
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.
One of my more knowledgeable colleagues once compiled a kernel and
put it on our VSNL dialout machine, but had forgotten to include ISDN
support. The chaos that followed was...
Binand
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