At 08:44 AM 12/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Most interesting........
>
>According to the login screens I am running Kernel 2.0.35.
>
>This is out of the box (or jewelcase). I have never undertaken a kernel
>recompile
>before......Actually, it seems kinda scary :-)
>
>However, I will get to it hopefully by the end of the week.
>
>Oh another quick question. I have seen a lot of 2.1.x kernels.
>
>Firstly, are they stable?!
>Secondly.....are all linux kernels independent of distributions?
>
>According to www.kernel.org the latest version is 2.1.132.
>
>Can I download that and install it on my SuSE 5.3 box? or does it have to go
>through some modifications by SuSE first and then be available at their ftp
>site?!
Go back to www.kernel.org and read carefully. Kernel versions with an odd second
number are *developmental* kernels. They have drivers and features that the normal
ones don't have, but unless you are developing for it or need one of those drivers, it
is suggested that you use a stable kernel.
Recompiling the kernel sounds more scary than it is. I've done it so many times that
I can do it in my sleep and I've only had it fail on two occasions 1) my L2 cache on
the motherboard was bad and 2) I was adjusting the Sound Blaster parameters to get the
right IRQ and DMA values. Just follow the steps and soon, you'll be doing it just for
fun :-)
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