On 2003-06-30, 07:49 GMT, James wrote: > I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is > there a (semi) stable release > of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable?
Just a reminder: 2.4 is number of Linux kernel, Debian/stable is 3.0 -- do not make mistake between these numberings. Debian/stable includes kernel 2.4.18 (there are security patches for that). However, there is no problem to compile 2.4.21 (which is the latest stable version of Linux kernel from www.kernel.org) -- there is package for unstable, which can be happily compiled on woody without any problems. Concerning the stability -- I am not an expert, but I believe that 2.4.* kernel is quite mature these days, so you can try it without problems. Check you particular computer at some Linux Laptop site (try google.com to find one), whether there are any problems, but if it is not really strange beast it should be OK. > Could a portable boot 2 kernels (2.2.a and 2.4) from lilo without having > the installed packages wig out? Yes -- you should however probably make /etc/lilo.conf configuration by hand (see manpage for that). > Is 2.4.x near a formal release for Debian? 2.4.* is part of the Debian at least a year (if not more). > I also want to add xawtv and many other MPEG4 packages, but, they only > seem to run on a 2.4 kernel. No experience with these. Matej -- Matej Cepl, GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488
