On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 20:11 -0400, William wrote: > I need to compile a custom kernel, to add raid and a scsi driver. Is > the kernel that comes with sarge just from kernel.org or does it have > some kind of security patches? > If it is just from kernel.org, is it best to use the latest kernel? > thanks william > >
Sarge comes with a 2.4.27 and a 2.6.8 kernel, with security fixes backported from later kernels. "apt-cache search kernel-source" will show what kernel source packages are available. I'm no expert on custom kernels, but installing the latest kernel could have interesting side-effects. Most thngs will work, but there can be breakage if bits like udev have changed etc. and you haven't updated the corresponding apps. It's probably safer/simpler to get the source for the standard Debian kernel and recompile that. Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
