On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:17:13 +1200, Thomas Eastman wrote: > 1. During the installation process when it comes time to set up the > kernel can I simply tell it to install development-sources? Will > Gentoo balk at me? Is genkernel safe with 2.6.0? Is genkernel safe > at all? I've never used it.
You are free to choose whatever kernel you like, even when installing. About genkernel: it doesn't have much documentation and I heard it doesn't work with 2.6 kernels. > 2. I've used XFS with no problems for over 18 months, but because of > the horror stories I've been hearing about it I think I might switch > back to good ol' ReiserFS. But ReiserFS4 is in the works or something > like that... Question: If I use reiserfs from the development kernel, > will I have anything weird happen to be because of different versions > of userspace reiserfs tools? Is there any caveats I need to know > about ReiserFS in 2.4 Vs. ReiserFS in 2.6? AFAIK reiserfs4 is not in 2.6 yet, so just make sure you have the latest reiserfs utils. > 3. What's the deal with Hyperthreading? Am I going to need to set up > an SMP kernel? Is there anything else that is important to know about > configuring a Hyperthreading CPU? You will need at least to enable SMP in the kernel, which is a default anyway I think. Also the FSB matters as to wether Hyperthreading will work or not, IIRC. > 5. What's the deal with ACPI/APIC? These caused me no end of hassles Depends on the board with its chipset and BIOS. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
