On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 00:14:24 -0400 Robert Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Janet, > Frankly, I'm no expert, and don't really know exactly what the relevance > of kernel.h is, except that it's generated at boot time. I seem to have > multiple versions, but they are all exactly the same content. Very > curious. I'm sure many people on this list know far more than I do on > the subject. > > I believe and initrd.img isn't required unless you have scsi drives. I > know I've left it out when compiling lots of 2.4.xx kernels, and they > all work fine, so I guess that's likely true, as I don't have any scsi > drives. > > Keep us posted on your 2.5.xx experience. I've build 2.5.67 through > 2.5.72 with varying degrees of success. I just tried 2.5.73 today with > the bk6 patch, and it went well, but then it doesn't boot- just a black > screen. 2.5's are really not ready for much except testing purposes, at > least for me. I've really tried to get them to work for months, and have > gotten it down to either they work fine with no serial drives enabled > (thus no internet/modem), or serial drivers enabled, and lots of serious > file manager problems (freezes and long delays). For me, it's been a > show stopper so far, and seemingly unsolvable. Ah! This is bad news. Basically, I'm trying to get my AGP slot recognised but the stable kernels have not yet got support for Intel E7205 (I have an Asus P4G8X motherboard). I guess I can wait. I did think it was a little early to find decent support for such recent hardware. My machine came with the job, and runs win2000 extremely well, but I don't suppose the IT department considered I'd want to run Linux too. I think I will try compiling a 2.5.xx anyway, just to see what breaks. I do use a modem. At least I now know how to set up a testing kernel without hosing my MDK installation, for which, many thanks. Janet Blankfield "The ideal love affair is one conducted by post." JBS ----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... life's a beach ... -----------------------------
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