On Tuesday 28 August 2001 07:53 am, Seeun William Umboh escribió:
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> I tried to compile the
> kernel 2.4.9 from kernel.org and met with mixed results.
I don't understand the propensity, specially with newbies to try and
use plain vanilla kernel.org source to compile kernels. Not meant to
be derogatory. I really don't understand the thinking. The latest and
greatest source on kernel.org is barely beta, more like alpha quality
code. It's meant for testing.
There's Mandrake source and headers, even precompiled kernels
available for all but the very latest kernel versions that include
Mandrake specific options and patches. If 2.4.9 hasn't shown up yet,
it's probly for very good reason .... it's not ready yet. It's
difficult enough for experienced users to try building kernels from
vanilla source because the patches needed for the various Mandrake
specific options, or any options for that matter, aren't included.
These patches need to be applied, otherwise... Good way to break your
system.
Mandrake puts a lot of effort into providing Mandrake compatible
kernels. Currently the latest kernels available for Mandrake are various
2.4.8-12 versions. I believe there's also a 2.4.7 kernel just now
available, that's been tested and is available for Mandrake users using
MandrakeUpdate (Software Manager).
Be warned tho that no kernels past 2.4.6 have supermount support.
Supermount is currently being rewritten for 2.4.x kernels. My
experience is that it's been havin problems since 2.4.3. Also, if you
have added binary only applications or hardware drivers, changing
kernels, even Mandrake kernels, may (probly will) break support for
those programs and devices.
For newest kernels look on any cooker mirror
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3
For some help with installing kernels, study the complete tutorial,
including trouble shooting at
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/#1st
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