Scarlett wrote:
> Stephen, I asked my Linux expert if it works, and this was his reply:
>
> Yep, it sure does, but I did NOT upgrade the stuff as in the
> /apps/linux-2.2.1
> directory. I JUST upgraded the kernel and didn't upgrade anything else.
> I tried to upgrade the other stuff (rpm -U file.rpm) for all those other
> RPMs
> in that same directory, but it didn't boot at all... it got into some kind
> of
> feedback loop. I had to reinstall Mandrake to get it back the way it was.
> I then simply extracted and recompiled the kernel, and things have been
> great
> as far as stability goes...
Scarlett,
You are obviously further along the learning curve on Linux than I am. Way
to go.
Rick
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