Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution
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
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