> On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:36:46AM +0200, Frans Schreuder wrote: > > It's solved......... > > Just tried patching until it worked.... > > I did not have my kernel patched.........why isn't it in the > > kernelsource??????????? > > Because 2.2 is stable. Because the new raid code is not completely > interface-compatible with the code in the kernel. And people who have > been running a stable raid setup, ever since the early 2.2 releases, > do not want an unexpected surprise to wreck their data.
Makes sense thanks > Because of the incompatibilities, you'll also need a new version of the > raidtools, raidtools2. > > > Please feel free to break my neck. Help others use my explanation and fill > > in anything that I missed or mistyped. > > But your keyboard may have some sticky keys, I noticed in the above. > > > Note:When I tried to make a debianpackage, It complained that the naming was > > not according to the rules(not all lowercase: 2.2.18-RAID). So I made a > > bzImage. It is probably the patch (coming from the redhat site) > > get the debian package version of the patch. It has these little things > fixed and maybe even includes a howto-build-and-run-on-debian. I found and installed it. But then it kept complaining about not beeing in kernel top level directory. It didn't tell me what to do:-) Checked for a howto. It does not have a howto, it does refer, in a seperate textfile, to kernel-source-2.2.19/Documentation/Configure.help > dpkg -p kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid This is a handy command. Guess there is more where that came from (man dpkg?) I read your statement on dpkg a few posts back. I apt-gotten my disk full on a update/upgrade > Package: kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid > Priority: extra > Section: devel > Installed-Size: 152 > Maintainer: Camm Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: all > Version: 2 > Depends: bzip2, patch > Suggests: raidtools2 > Cheers, > > > Joost Thanks, Frans Schreuder
