RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Upgrades
Also on the install, midgard and the new kernel failed to install (although it loads the modules on boot up for it). I don't know if these files are bad on the DVD?
Probably you'll have to compile the latest kernel (2.6.0-test5), and include the midgard patch for it. My general rule of thumb is to ditch whatever Kernel the distro comes with and compile your own one.
I would strongly recommend against installing any of the test kernels (currently at test8), even the Andrew Morton tree is highly unstable for a production enviroment. There will be a huge number of improvements in 2.6 but quite a few programs will need to be either tweaked or ported to it. As for stable kernels, their currently at 2.4.22 (Suse 9 ships with a tweaked 2.4.21), the only difference I'm aware of from running 4.22 under suse 8.2 is SATA support. I suggest that you use your installation support to begin with, if thats of no help, install 9 on a seperate partition and see if it has everything you want. Once your satisfied tar up your home directory and do a clean install. And Thomas, if your having sucess with the test kernels, may I suggest you get in touch with Dr Owen LeBlanc at Manchester Computing (leblanc@mcc.ac.uk). He's one of the core Debian developers in the country, but has been stuck with 2.4 because many of the programs he uses arnt working under 2.6. I'm sure he'd be grateful for your input. Regards, Ben Higginbottom
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Also on the install, midgard and the new kernel failed to install (although it loads the modules on boot up for it). I don't know if these files are bad on the DVD?
Probably you'll have to compile the latest kernel (2.6.0-test5), and include the midgard patch for it. My general rule of thumb is to ditch whatever Kernel the distro comes with and compile your own one.
I would strongly recommend against installing any of the test kernels (currently at test8), even the Andrew Morton tree is highly unstable for a production enviroment. There will be a huge number of improvements in 2.6 but quite a few programs will need to be either tweaked or ported to it.
OK, so go back to re-compiling 2.4.22 :) In any case, the point I was making is that one should always compile their own kernel.
As for stable kernels, their currently at 2.4.22 (Suse 9 ships with a tweaked 2.4.21), the only difference I'm aware of from running 4.22 under suse 8.2 is SATA support.
See the Changelog file, there's a lot more.
I suggest that you use your installation support to begin with, if thats of no help, install 9 on a seperate partition and see if it has everything you want. Once your satisfied tar up your home directory and do a clean install.
One can have multiple kernel's on their system, so you won't need to worry about installing Linux again.
And Thomas, if your having sucess with the test kernels, may I suggest you get in touch with Dr Owen LeBlanc at Manchester Computing (leblanc@mcc.ac.uk). He's one of the core Debian developers in the country, but has been stuck with 2.4 because many of the programs he uses arnt working under 2.6. I'm sure he'd be grateful for your input.
OK, I shall do. Thank you for being that to my attention. -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk
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