On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 15:40:58 -0500, Angelo Cano wrote: > 2) How do you know if you are running a "pre" kernel version?
Run "uname -r". > In order to upgrade to 2.2.18 I think I have to apply Alan Cox's patch > against 2.2.17pre20 or something, but I have no idea where to get > 2.2.17pre20. At kernel.org they didn't list "pre" kernels, just > 2.2.15, 2.2.16, 2.2.17, etc. It does, but in a different location: /pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/ . Alan's release notes for 2.2.18pre17 include :Must fix stuff left to do for 2.2.18final [...] :- Get to the bottom of the VM mystery if possible > I just don't understand the whole "pre" thing. What's there to understand? Linus is focussing on 2.4; Alan and others are still working on the 2.2.x series; Alan bundles their patches and makes them available as prereleases; once they're sufficiently stable, they may get Linus' blessing and be released as an official 2.2.x kernel. HTH, Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go where no data has gone before.
