Wait, this is a user who is afraid to compile a kernel, and you are advising he go with some non-standard experimental kernel?
He should get the latest Linus Torvalds standard kernel, install it, if he gets lost doing it he should go to www.namesys.com/support.html and we will support him all the way through the install including lilo issues, etc. It will add more than $25 to his annual salary if he learns to compile kernels. If $25 is a lot, he can send email to this mailing list, and I bet he'll get an answer to his problem from other users that way also. Hans Todd Lyons wrote: > > avante avante wanted us to know: > > >> strongly recommend you get the > >> latest 2.4.13 kernel and compile it for your > >But could you tell me what particular bugs there are > >that make it dangerous to mix with reiserfs and bugs > >in genreal? I prefer to stick with this prepackaged > >kernel as I am relatively new to Linux. > > The recommendation is still to get something newer. Here's a couple of > options for you, listed in the order of preference > 1) Check on any Mandrake ftp site that carries Cooker development. > Install (NOT UPGRADE!!!) the latest kernel that's there (work has just > started on 2.4.13 kernels (first one appeared Monday I believe). Be aware > that you should check your lilo.conf for correctness after you install. > You will probably also have a lot of dependencies forcing you to also install > packages such as initscripts, mount, and a few others. Also be aware > that Cooker is a work in progress. It may very well break your system. > Supermount may or may not work. It is the very nature of Cooker. If > you are not comfortable with being able to repair a system that you have > screwed up the boot kernel, then this step might not be for you. > 2) Check on any Mandrake ftp site that carries the updates. Look in the > 8.0 directory and there's a 2.4.7 kernel package there. It appears to > be 2.4.7 with some 2.4.8 backports. You'll also have to upgrade the > initscripts, mount, reiserfsutils, etc. Be aware that 2.4.7 has some > security issues. > 3) Repeat of #2 but with the 2.4.8 kernel package that shipped with > Mandrake 8.1. Same caveat. > 4) Download linux-2.4.13.tar.bz2 from ftp.kernel.org and recompile > everything from scratch (can probably just copy over the old .config > from /usr/src/linux-2.4.3 and run make oldconfig and answer any new > questions that pop up--not tested, not guaranteed to work since > Mandrake kernels have lots of patches applied). > -- > Blue skies... Todd > | Get a bigger hammer! | Are you feeling lucky...punk? | > | http://www.mrball.net | I've had better days... | > | http://faq.mrball.net | It's the end of the world as we know i|
