Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 2.4 Kernel
> On Saturday 20 January 2001 01:04 pm, DJW wrote:
> > As I installed Linux to learn it, I would like to try and install the
> > new 2.4 kernel everyone is talking about. My question is, where do I
> > get it. In other words, is there a special Mandrake 2.4 kernel I
> > should compile and use, or will any 2.4 kernel do?
> > I see there are several sources available to download from.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Don
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It depends. Specially if like me, you have ReiserFS. I prefer
> Mandrake kernels because they're already patched to support Mandrake
> specific features. I've never seen any performance increase with
> custom compiled kernels either. Mandrake prebuilts are just as good,
> just as fast. Still I've tried many 2.4.0's from source and prebuilt,
> Mandrake and otherwise. They all boot fine and everything works ...
> except supermount. I've heard on the cooker list that 2.4.1-pre9 will
> work with a supermount-0.5.3-2.4.1-pre9.gz patch, and all 2.4.1-pre8
> and higher support ReiserFS. Mandrake kernels have supported Rfs for a
> long time, vanilla source 2.4.0 kernels will if patched.
>
> I'd suggest you try a Mandrake prebuilt. It installs to it's own
> dir in /usr/src/, and completely sets itself up, lilo changes included,
> and doesn't interfere in any way with other kernel files. It will be an
> option when you reboot, your current default will be unchanged. Latest
> is kernel-2.4.0-5mdk.i586.rpm on any cooker mirror. Last one I
> tried is -4mdk, and it correctly set itself up in lilo.conf except for
> adding my ide-scsi append statement. So check lilo.conf before you
> reboot.
> --
> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
