Tom and Tek, I did find 2.4.16 from the Cooker on rpmfind.net. I downloaded it and the doc file but have some dependencies I need to resolve (plus the others that you've told me about). I'll take your advice and monitor the Cooker site for a while.
I'll also bookmark the Netherlands mirror. Thanks. Terry Smith On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 21:46, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday 09 December 2001 08:59 pm, Terry Smith wrote: > > I know some of you have upgraded to the latest kernel (2.4.13?). Where > > are you finding the rpm's. I don't see them on the Cooker mirrors. > > > > TIA. > > > > Terry Smith > > Your question brings up other cautions. From the list of mirrors > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 sooner or later you > might just find that they're not all, always updated the same. I find > the European mirrors to be the best updated. I like the Netherlands > mirrors, YMMV. > > Currently, 2.4.16-6mdk is the cooker kernel. 2.4.13 is old hat, and > dropped from the mirrors. BUT, there's other issues involved. If you > install a cooker kernel, you'd best do well to either lurk on the cooker > ML, or at least search the cooker ML archive first, to see what's goin on. > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker > > Often problems are fixed, but also introduced as the patch level (eg, > -5mdk) increases. They are, after all, for testing purposes. I believe > the only way you can judge for yourself when to jump in is to monitor > cooker. Even then, it's best to make a backup of your /boot directory, > and make sure you install the new kernel with 'rpm -ivh' so as not to > override your current kernel. That done, you can always undo the new > kernel if it's not workin out. You should also have handy the rpm of the > current kernel you're runnin, as you might need to force it back in ('rpm > -ivh --force'). > > To save ya' a little time, 2.4.16 -2mdk thru -6mdk have some s-link > issues with /usr/src/ and /lib/modules ... so I'd wait a bit. Specially > since a cooker kernel will work better on a ML system than vanilla source > (development, also for testing, and not patched for ML) from kernel.org ;> > > I've been usin kernel-2.4.16.1mdk for some time, no problems. BUT, it > did also need an initscripts, setup, iptables, and lm_sensors upgrade(s) > to go with it (on 8.1). These weren't deps that 'rpm -ivh kernel...' > revealed, but upgrades I sort'a knew would be, and proved to be needed. > If you're usin proprietary, closed source, binary only software or > drivers, a kernel upgrade can likely break 'em, as will upgrades to > other system files. That's the (bad) nature of Windoze, err .... I mean > proprietary, closed source, binary only, secret stuff ;~>>
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