[newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution

[Timothee Besset]

hey everybody

I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the 
latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has 
specific stuff that would prevent me from upgrading to the latest 
2.4.0-test1 kernel? Is it going to break some Mandrake-specific software?

thanks

TTimo

Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution

[Alex V Flinsch]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote:
 hey everybody
 
 I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the 
 latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has 

The kernel that shipped with 7.1 has some of the usb stuff in it, my USB Zip
drive worked great with it. Your cdrw drive might work with it also (try
loading usbcore, usb-uhci and usb-storage and see if that does the trick)

Currently I am using the 2.2.16-9mdk kernel from cooker and it is working even
better with the zip drive.


 -- 
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)

Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution

[Roland Hightower]

Maybe I missed something, but I've tried several of the kernels I got from
kernel.org, including the 2.4.0-test1 kernel and I found there was no support
for the Supermount option the Mandrake supplied kernel has.  I didn't like
having to mount and unmount my my cd drives manually to use them, so I went
back to the 2.2.14-15mdk kernel.


On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: 
 hey everybody
 
 I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the 
 latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has 
 specific stuff that would prevent me from upgrading to the latest 
 2.4.0-test1 kernel? Is it going to break some Mandrake-specific software?
 
 thanks
 
 TTimo