Ok, I'll patch the [EMAIL PROTECTED] kernel, and no, I will not put the 2.4 ALPHA kernel on. This as an excuse to get a Mickeysoft person converted, and the last thing I need is to put a kernel on that is as bad as the NT he loves so well. :) Well, maybe not as bad, but still unreliable.
No all I have to do is figure out how to patch. I assume that /usr/bin/patch is what I use to patch the kernel. Actually, I got the patch from RH, and tried to patch the kernel, but by that time it was way early in the morning and I am not completely sure my eyes were processing the full information read all the way to my brain. Sooooo, followup question. Patch is the correct program to patch the kernel? And, I assume the kernel howto or something will lead me through by the hand. I was planning on building a custom kernel anyway as I'm wanting to make this a fairly lean and mean kernel. Finally, is there any place anyone is aware of that has the configuration used by the Debian kernel binary builders? In other words, the /usr/src/linux/.config from when they build the kernel? In the past, when I downloaded the source, I just went through and removed/added things as I saw fit to the default configuration. But, I'd like to start with what already is working on my machine. Thanks for the advice. Rod > Depends on who you ask for that reccomendation, I used both without a > problem for quite a while. Also, the user was using a stock kernel with > (I think) the Debian distro and so "patch your kernel and > recompile" wasn't a suggestion I was going to give unless I felt it was a > good idea. > > Besides, if you are willing to patch the kernel, why not just go with a > pre-2.4? *grin* > > -Nathan (who loves background rebuilds) > > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Tamas TEVESZ wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Nathan wrote: > > > > > so go with the regular package for now since it's proven stable. The > > > raidtools2 is there for people like me who can't stand running stock > > > kernels and love to have the latest stuff break our prodution boxes. > > > > actually this is not recommended. what is, getting the raid patches > > from people.redhat.com/~?mingo/raid-patches/raid-2.2.17-A0, patch > > the kernel, recompile the kernel, and use raidtools2. > > > > has some problems around raid1 i think.. use .16-A0 then. > > > > > > R. W. Rodolico Daily Data, Inc. POB 140465 Dallas TX 75214-0465 214.827.2170 It appears I could be pursuing an untamed ornithoid to no purpose. --Brent Spiner as Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation