> nothing to lose by trying a 2.1 kernel. I noticed when I tried it my nfs
> and smbmount stopped working. Upgrading nfs clients fixed the nfs
> problem, still have the smbmount problem, but I plan on trying to put
> samba 2.0 on it soon. I've also read briefly that ipfwadm will be replaced
> by some ipchain software?? Does this mean that ipfwadm will no longer work
> in 2.1 currently?
yes. ipchains is extremely clean, simple-to-use and efficient. there
are aids in migrating from ipfwadm, but ipchains is so clear I didn't
bother.
as for nfs, I believe that if you have the latest updates from RH installed
(ie, 5.x + updates), 2.1 will just work. note that updates are REQUIRED
for any competently-admin'ed installation, since, for instance, there are
widely-exploited remote-root holes fixed in the updates. I have not seen
any dramatically improved numbers for the kernel-resident nfsd, though,
compared to the usual unfsd (which still works under 2.1.)
regards, mark hahn.
