On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > Hey Bhasker, > > It would be better if you shift to ReiserFS rather than Ext3, more > stable, expandable and better designed. > Please visit the reiserfs site (google for it) and check out the tools > they provide.
why not let him try ext3, no format required, no transferring of data, heck you don't even need to umount the partition. Also, ext3 is backward compatible with ext2, which is not te case with reiserfs, so a lot of theses rescue linuces (like tomsrtbt etc) may not be able to help in a rescue operation should he require one. Though I may be wrong here, please correct me if I am. > > Regarding upgrading from 2.4.7-10 to 2.4.17, just visit > http://www.kernel.org/ > download all the *patches* above 2.4.7 upto 2.4.17, put them all in the > scripts directory within your linux source, and just run 'patch-kernel' > (remember to put all the patches in .gz format, .bz2 would bust up the > patch-kernel script) as I said in my earlier mail, I don't think you can patch one of these packaged kernels. Also, I have always downloaded the .bz2 patches (they are smaller) and *never* had any problem patching the kernel either manually or using the patch-kernel script. > Warm Regards, > > ~Mayuresh > > > ---------- > > > Good Linux day everyone, > > I have a situation here. > > Could anyone tell me how to upgrade to kernel 2.4.17 > > with these givens... > > > > - The RH-7.2 box has kernel-2.4.7-10 on ext3 fs > > - I wanna upgrade to 2.4.17 with (or without) ext3 > > [Am Fed up with 2.4.7 crashing] > > - All is fine except e2fsprogs. here version 1.25 for > > RedHat-7.2 (with ext3 support) doesn't seem to be > > available. > > > > Should i revert to ext2? > > - how? I am trying to avoid a hard disk format > > > > If I can continue with ext3 how to get around the e2fsprogs > > problem. > > > > Also I was not able to find an rpm for e2fsprogs 1.25 for > > RedHat 7.2 on redHat.com. I got e2fsprogs-1.25-1.i386.rpm > > ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ > > is it Ok to use this? > > > > Iam throughly confused...Please help > > > > > > Bhasker > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Mumbai, India. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
