8.0 doesn't sound like very much fun. i think i'm going to stay with 7.2
for a while.
so you're saying that you installed the 2.2.19-kernel-src rpm and then
compiled it?
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, s wrote:
> Well, actually, yeah they were rpms, but you still have to make xconfig, make
> dep, etc, etc, .... I chose reiserfs as a module. But when I booted, I got
> an error. And then it (something) wanted to rename my cdrom, floppy, and zip
> from /mnt/s to /dev/s. Weird sh*t. I've compiled several kernels in my day,
> but I have just started using reiserfs. I don't know. I did use reiserfs
> when I installed 8.0, and now I'm going to be nervous about upgrading the
> kernel when the newer ones come out. I bet there was something I was
> supposed to do, similar to like when we have to edit mandrake_everytime to
> point to the new supermount directory. ???
> -s
>
> On Monday 23 April 2001 05:58 am, you wrote:
> > s,
> >
> > it would appear from the information you supplied that you didn't compile
> > the kernel but rather installed the RPM package version. if that is
> > correct then you did what I did last week and now you've got a mess.
> >
> > if you're running Mandrake 8.0 I'm not sure what to tell you since I'm
> > still running 7.2 and I have a feeling there are some differences between
> > the two that might make things interesting.
> >
> > something you may want to try is downloading the kernel tarball and
> > compiling it that way. when you're configuring the kernel before compile
> > under the "file system" menu item make sure that you check the module or
> > direct support for reiserfs.
> > --
> >
> > Mark
> > *****
>
