Walter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have subscribed to this list server to find > out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. > Is the Debian distribution of the type that I > can, when I want to update the kernel, > download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch > file from what ever web site I choose, install it, > and have things function properly?
In my experience, it is. The laptop I'm using has a 2.4.0-test3 kernel and the machine at home, dual Pentium 133MHz also runs a custom compiled kernel. I usually get the kernel tar balls from ftp.funet.fi. The Debian package system does not force me to use a precompiled kernel-image from a Debian package. // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
