James, Always download the kernel and ramdisk image pair that corresponds with the distribution you're going to try to install. So, if you want to do the SuSE 7.2 Beta, download the kernel and ramdisk from the 7.2 beta directories, not anywhere else.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading from the 2.2.x kernal to the 2.4.x kernal Thanks mark... What I had originally envisioned, just to clarify, was to CDL enable the dasd first, copy the 2.2 system THEN upgrade it to 2.4. This from what you've stated is not possible, so I agree 2.4 system is the thing. Curiosity, in that the SUSE 2.4 beta I downloaded is 2 CD's where the one that I have on vendor supplied physical media is 2. Can anyone explain the difference to me? Should I load the ramdisk from the 7.x 2.2.x distribution I got last fall to do this all under or does the CD 1 image from the FTP site have newer/greater version? |---------+----------------------------> | | "Post, Mark K" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | m> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | IST.EDU> | | | | | | | | | 05/02/2002 12:42 | | | PM | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| | | | |---------+----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: Upgrading from the 2.2.x kernal to the 2.4.x kernal | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------| James, Sergey's already pointed you to the HOWTO for part of this, but I'd like to add some things. Under Linux/390 2.4, you use the dasdfmt just as you would under 2.2. The CDL option is the default, so you won't have to do anything different to get the new format. If you want to be absolutely sure and not trust to defaults, simply specify "-d cdl" on the command. Note that CDL disks require you to run the fdasd command to create at least one partition before you move onto the mke2fs command. When you're copying one file system to another, "dd" is not the command of choice when you're changing disk layouts or geometries as you are. "cp -a" or the tar command documented in the HOWTO will give you correct results where dd may not. ----------- Snip -------------
