Re: linux 2.4.21 on stable (was: Re: booting 2.4 kernel on old PC)

2003-08-20 Thread Marco Franzen
Hi Roberto, > 2.4.21 runs just great on Woody. And indeed it works on my old hardware that 2.4.18 does not work on. Hopefully 2.4.21 will enter Woody officially soon, so it's covered by security updates. > > If I don't want to destabilise my stable system by mixing central > > packages, my best

linux 2.4.21 on stable (was: Re: booting 2.4 kernel on old PC)

2003-08-16 Thread Marco Franzen
Hi, > Would it be possible that the 2.4 kernel has dropped support for a > chipset that worked in in the 2.2 kernel? Should I file a bug report? Digging on kernel.org I found that this is likely a bug, which was fixed in the official kernel between 2.4.21pre1 and pre2. So I want to try 2.4.21 o

Re: booting 2.4 kernel on old PC

2003-08-14 Thread Marco Franzen
[ Crossposting thread started with http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200308/msg01562.html It has been suggested in private mail to me I should try on debian-boot.] Hi, > > + insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-568tsc/modules.dep >