Cool Thanks. If Linus says it needs it then Linus must be right. James On Monday, May 17, 1999 10:16 PM, Dan Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > James J. Capone wrote: > > > I went the Mandrake website, They reference to the 2.2.3 kernel upgrade not > > Not a problem. The 2.2.x series has changed some things relative to > the 2.0.x series, which requires updates to parts of your system (like > modutils, initscripts, etc.) > > > the 2.2.9 kernel. Any which way. The file I DL for the kernel is > > kernel-2.2.9.tar.gz I did not DL and .i386.rpm or > > kernel-headers-2.2.x-x.i386.rpm does this matter. If I Downloaded the > > .tar.gz file does not that contain it all. Please let me know. > > The .tar.gz file contains the entire kernel source code tree, totalling > about 60 megs. The .rpm that Mandrake has available is a binary of the > kernel. If you want to compile your own, you got the right file. If > you don't, you got the wrong file. > > > Also It says to upgrade initscripts-3.91-3 and modutils-2.1.121-4 is that > > also really needed. Has anyone upgraded to the 2.2.3 or higher without > > upgrading the modutils or the initscripts files. > > The initscripts is needed; mine did funny things on bootup before I > installed that. It worked, but not quite right. The new initscripts > also give a clear OK/failed (in green or red, respectively) for each > service they deal with, which can be helpful. As to modutils, I haven't > tried using 2.2.x without the new version, nor do I want to. Linus says > it's required for 2.2.x, and I figure he should know. Neither package > is very big, and installation is pretty simple. > > -- > Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the > more enduring story rather than the story that is less enduring" > -- The Judgment of St. Colum Cille
