thanks Tom. You answered my questions before I sent
them. I've pretty much ruined my recent install by
mucking about trying to get X 4.01 installed and
working. I suspect I need to re-install so I'm going
to "practice" updating the kernel before I do that
just for shits and giggles.
Dacia
--- Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Mark Hillary wrote:
> > >
> > > Come on updating the kernel is not has hard as
> everyone makes out. (I find it
> > > easyier that installing programs). There are
> several resons to. The kernel that
> > > comes with mandrake haas about everything turned
> on, so you can have a faster
> > > system by compling only what you need to. Also
> because every thing is turned on
> > > all of the moduals take up space. RECOMPLIE to
> get a faster machine and save
> > > space. (not to mention the bug fixes, in newer
> versions)
> >
> > Well, it may not be a problem to you, but it is
> the cause of many
> > headaches to me. The last few times I've tried
> upgrading from 2.2.14 to
> > 2.4.0-test5 I've hit the black screen of death
> straight after the
> > "loading........" bit.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ozz.
>
> Mark's on track, updating a Mdk kernel is one of
> the easier
> things involved with Mdk administration. It
> shouldn't be any
> problem at all for any user, even the newest of
> newbies if they
> first take a few minutes to visit with MOU
> (www.mandrakeuser.org)
> and read the section on changing kernels. The whole
> site is
> available as a download (.tar.gz, updated monthly)
> so it's easy to
> keep it as a help guide to refer to while you're
> actually tryin to
> follow it's instructions.
>
> "-test5" Should be a glaring warning, among the
> many warnings
> that only 2.2.xx kernels are stable, that a
> successful swap to a
> 2.4.xx kernel is froth with risk. Getting back to
> 2.2.xx kernels,
> about the only reason to change the default Mandrake
> config is if
> you have special, difficult, or newest of new
> hardware that isn't
> supported normally. Most stuff in the 'stock
> Mandrake' kernel is
> included as a module if it's not fairly standard, so
> eliminating it
> will not make your system faster in all but the
> rarest of cases,
> and then usually old or substandard hardware would
> be the reason.
>
> --
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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