On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:55:31 -0500 Jim Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday, December 09, 2001 1:04, Collins Richey wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 10:59:20 -0700 Collins Richey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:45:16 -0500 Jim Conner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > I know that 2.4.15 had this problem. I thought they fixed it > with > > > > 2.4.16. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Sunday, December 09, 2001 9:42, Collins Richey wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > Make sure you get 2.4.16+ (at least 2.4.17-pre1. 2.4.16 > causes > > > > > filessystem corruption (all fs types). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 12:42pm up 20 days, 21:46, 2 users, load average: 0.36, > 0.11, > > > > 0.04 > > > > > > Maybe I'm wrong. > > > > You're right. I just checked the change logs. 2.4.15 was the bad > > news release. 2.4.16-pre1 was the critical fix. mea culpa. > > Just checking to see if my memory was correct. I have been thinking > on > upgrading W3.1(2.4.2) to 2.4.16 and didn't want any filesystem > corruption. > There won't be, but I would recommend 17-pre6. I don't know whether I'm affected by any of it, but 17-pre6 fixed a lot of cruft. If you're still at 3.1 base (or near), I would think you would want to pay careful attention to a lot of other packages. If I still remember correctly, 3.1 wasn't even built on the most stable glibc release? One of the advantages of gentoo is that _rc6 came out after the glibc/compiler stuff had settled down, and they paid careful attention to all the kernel build support packages, so I've never had to worry about any of that. Not a putdown for 3.1. I installed the Beta release, and it had a lot going for it. I dropped out when the licensing issue came up and did a lot of experimentation (Mandrake, etc., etc.) before settling to my new home. -- Collins Richey Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo_rc6 k2.4.17-pre6+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
