I looked at www.kernal.org and there is nothing about a 2.2.17 --
only 2.2.16 stable and then 2.4 beta... can I assume that 2.2.16
stable means just that? Stable? Or should I just scrap the idea
and wait till there's an official release of the 2.4.x ??
Todd
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On 24 Jul 00, at 9:39, Christopher Thompson wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > I'm thinking of upgrading the kernal that came with storm2000 (rain
> > release) from the 2.2.14 it came with to the latest 2.2.16.
> > Worth the effort??
>
> I'd skip 2.2.16 and go for 2.2.17 when it comes out, or for one
> of the 2.2.17-pre kernels which are quite stable.
>
> 2.2.16 fixed a major security hole. But it just wasn't that
> stable.
>
> > And where do I start, as in, what precautions should I take and,
> > well, where do I start? I've read loads of documentation but trust
> > these lists a great deal -- many problems encountered have been
> > solved by you great people.
>
> There is, I think, a guide on the Linux Documentation Project
> about recompiling kernels.
>
> Basically:
>
> cd /usr/src
> tar -xzf kernel-source-2.2.17.tar.gz
> (or tar.xIf if the source ends in .bz2)
> cd kernel-source-2.2.17
> make menuconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
> lilo
> (assuming that /etc/lilo.conf lists /boot/bzImage as one of your
> kernels)
> reboot
>
> --
> Christopher Thompson http://hypocrite.org/
> "...And blessed are the broken..."
>
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