Just got kernel 2.2.12 compiled and installed. Thanks to all the people who replied to an earlier post of mine about compiling 2.2.12.
I continue to be impressed with Debian. make-kpkg is such a painless way of compiling kernels. Now I never had a problem compiling kernels by hand under RedHat but the Debian system is way better. Kudos to whoever designed the make-kpkg system. I decided to compile in support for Unix98 PTYs since I am already using glibc-2.1. Being the newbie that I am, I can't tell the differences b/w Unix98 PTYs and the old style ttys (is that right?). I am hoping that some of the gurus on this list can explain to me exactly what a unix98 pty is and why it is better (or not) than what was present in the 2.0 series of kernels. Also, why is it called a "Unix98" pty ? what's so special about 98 !!! Thanks as always. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com