2.2.17 is in alan's directory on www.kernel.org, I think.
people/alan or something.
If I was you, I'd wait for 2.2.17 to come out. It is due out
real soon now and has quite a number of stability fixes.
2.4 is quite nice, I'm running one of the 2.4pre kernels at home
and it is very stable.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> 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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