On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, you wrote:
>
> Kernal 2.4.x series will support WinModems. Linux has already called for a
> Feature Freeze for 2.4.x in a week. Remeber. the upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4
> ain't as big as 2.0 to 2.2 so it will not take as long. I expect it by end
> of fall, maybe November at latest.
>
Oh, Ok...:-) Glad to hear that.... not that it'll really
mean much to me. I'm too chicken to update my system from
the existing kernel (RedHat 6.0) to the latest revision of
the 2.2.x kernel.
>
> The new file system XFS from SGI Inc.
> will probably not be intergrated till 3.x [read /.], XFS is a journaling
> file system. Personally, I have IRIX on a machine of mine at work. EXT2FS vs
> XFS, I take XFS anyday. Man, that thing rules. Once LINUX gets it, it will
> be able to compete more with NT better. Journaling File System is the way to
> go.
>
Kewl...but will we be able to just switch over to XFS, or
will we have to reinstall and reformat our hard drives???
BTW, glad to hear that they're putting off XFS until 3.x.
:-) Otherwise, 3.x probably WOULD have been the next
kernel. ;-)
John
