Re: Best way to move to 2.4 kernel?
David, Thank you for your feedback. I have run into a problem while trying to move from 2.2r2 - Woody. Here are the steps that I took: * Install 2.2r2 (from CDROM) * apt-get update * apt-get upgrade * Edit /etc/sources.list to point to testing (not stable) * apt-get update * apt-get upgrade * Reboot (then things still work fine) * apt-get dist-upgrade * Then I get an error while it is trying to do the configuration / install step: Template parse error near at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 60, TEMPLATES chunk 3. Any thoughts? Are these the steps that you took to move to Woody? Regards, Randy On 20 May 2001 13:10:47 -0700, David Steinberg wrote: On 20 May 2001, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: My question to the group is this. Which Debian release should I use - Potato with modification for 2.4 or Woody? I want as stable a machine configuration as I can get while settling on the 2.4 kernel. I just upgraded from 2.2.18 to 2.4.4 a couple of days ago, and I'm running Woody. As expected, it was very smooth. All of the packages that I needed were already in place. I'm not using devfs and I did build the ipchains.o compatibility module, so I didn't need the iptables or devfsd packages. Unfortunately, I can't give you the alternate view (of doing it with Potato). Hopefully, someone else can. Good luck! -- David Steinberg -o) Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best way to move to 2.4 kernel?
I am running an ASUS P2B-DS based MB with dual Pentium III 500 and 512 Meg RAM. I switched from RedHat to Debian about two months ago (on this and all of my other machines). I have been very pleased with Debian (2.2r3). It is becoming apparent that I should switch to the 2.4 kernel for better SMP support and it seems that things are stabilizing with the 2.4.5 release work. My question to the group is this. Which Debian release should I use - Potato with modification for 2.4 or Woody? I want as stable a machine configuration as I can get while settling on the 2.4 kernel. Guidance, suggestions, and comments appreciated! Thanks -- Randy
Re: Best way to move to 2.4 kernel?
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 12:23:44PM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: I am running an ASUS P2B-DS based MB with dual Pentium III 500 and 512 Meg RAM. I switched from RedHat to Debian about two months ago (on this and all of my other machines). I have been very pleased with Debian (2.2r3). It is becoming apparent that I should switch to the 2.4 kernel for better SMP support and it seems that things are stabilizing with the 2.4.5 release work. My question to the group is this. Which Debian release should I use - Potato with modification for 2.4 or Woody? I want as stable a machine configuration as I can get while settling on the 2.4 kernel. I compiled the needed packages by hand and let the rest of the system stable. You can check what you need with a look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes when you've downloaded the 2.4.x Sources. Sven -- Subject: Re: woody hanging WRT subject. $ apt-get install viagra ;-) [Karsten M. Self in debian-user]
Re: Best way to move to 2.4 kernel?
On 20 May 2001, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: My question to the group is this. Which Debian release should I use - Potato with modification for 2.4 or Woody? I want as stable a machine configuration as I can get while settling on the 2.4 kernel. I just upgraded from 2.2.18 to 2.4.4 a couple of days ago, and I'm running Woody. As expected, it was very smooth. All of the packages that I needed were already in place. I'm not using devfs and I did build the ipchains.o compatibility module, so I didn't need the iptables or devfsd packages. Unfortunately, I can't give you the alternate view (of doing it with Potato). Hopefully, someone else can. Good luck! -- David Steinberg -o) Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v
Re: Best way to move to 2.4 kernel?
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 12:23:44PM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: I am running an ASUS P2B-DS based MB with dual Pentium III 500 and 512 Meg RAM. I switched from RedHat to Debian about two months ago (on this and all of my other machines). I have been very pleased with Debian (2.2r3). It is becoming apparent that I should switch to the 2.4 kernel for better SMP support and it seems that things are stabilizing with the 2.4.5 release work. My question to the group is this. Which Debian release should I use - Potato with modification for 2.4 or Woody? I want as stable a machine configuration as I can get while settling on the 2.4 kernel. Guidance, suggestions, and comments appreciated! I would suggest reading Adrian Bunk's page. You just need to add a couple of lines to your sources.list to include these files and then you can apt-get install kernel-package kernel-source-2.4.4 iptables etc. And then just compile you new 2.4.4 kernel using the kernel-package stuff (make-kpkg). This allows you to still run potato but with the extra stuff for 2.4 kernels already compiled for you in .deb format. There are links to Adrian Bunk's site on the Potato installation instructions pages. Or just do a google search for: Adrian Bunk debian HTH Mark.
