On Saturday 20 January 2001 01:04 pm, DJW wrote:
> As I installed Linux to learn it, I would like to try and install the
> new 2.4 kernel everyone is talking about. My question is, where do I
> get it. In other words, is there a special Mandrake 2.4 kernel I
> should compile and use, or will any 2.4 kernel do?
> I see there are several sources available to download from.
> Thanks in advance,
> Don
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It depends. Specially if like me, you have ReiserFS. I prefer
Mandrake kernels because they're already patched to support Mandrake
specific features. I've never seen any performance increase with
custom compiled kernels either. Mandrake prebuilts are just as good,
just as fast. Still I've tried many 2.4.0's from source and prebuilt,
Mandrake and otherwise. They all boot fine and everything works ...
except supermount. I've heard on the cooker list that 2.4.1-pre9 will
work with a supermount-0.5.3-2.4.1-pre9.gz patch, and all 2.4.1-pre8
and higher support ReiserFS. Mandrake kernels have supported Rfs for a
long time, vanilla source 2.4.0 kernels will if patched.
I'd suggest you try a Mandrake prebuilt. It installs to it's own
dir in /usr/src/, and completely sets itself up, lilo changes included,
and doesn't interfere in any way with other kernel files. It will be an
option when you reboot, your current default will be unchanged. Latest
is kernel-2.4.0-5mdk.i586.rpm on any cooker mirror. Last one I
tried is -4mdk, and it correctly set itself up in lilo.conf except for
adding my ide-scsi append statement. So check lilo.conf before you
reboot.
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
