On Thu, Apr 26, 2001, Cheng wrote: > I am a relatively new Linux user. I've used RedHat and Slackware before and > now I'm switching to Debian. My questions is about the possible problems I > may face if I install kernel 2.4 as well as the advantages it'd might have. > > First, I'm used to installing distro off of bootable CDs. So Instead of > getting the lastst version 2.2r3, I downloaded the ISO for 2.2r2 and burned > those. I plan to install the security pkgs seperately later. I can't seem to > find the ISOs for 2.2r3 and I'm not sure how I can install the distro from > FTP download, since not everything will fit on one CD. > > Second, I'd like to install the 2.4 kernel due to some of the advantages I've > heard about it, such as Athlon optimization, more efficient threads, and > memory detection. But from what I've read on the site, it'd appears that it > would not be a good idea to install the 2.4 kernel with the 2.2r2 distro. It > kinda scares me that I have to install packages compiled from an unstable > release.
Hi, I can't comment much on running 2.4 on potato as I don't do it. See this link off the front page of debian.org: http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 Also an article on debianplanet.org: http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/article.php?sid=192&mode=thread&order=0 I'm sure others can add more. > I'm using my box to mainly store Java source code and act as a file server > for my home lan. If I ever feel confident enough, I'd also like to run a mail > server from it. To me stability is more important than speed. And I'd > appreciate some guidence as to what I should do/study before I go ahead and > dump my redhat 7.0 distro for Debian. I'd read Dwarf's guide to Debian as it spends a lot of time on package management tools (one of Debians real strengths): http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/ Also, see debianplanet.org and debianhelp.org and newbiedoc.sourceforge.net (debian-specific) as helpful references in addition to anything found on debian.org. Hope this helps and take care, Daniel PS: Please wrap lines at 72 characters. Thanks. -- Daniel A. Freedman Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics Department of Physics Cornell University
