On Monday 07 May 2001 02:10, Barnet Wagman wrote:
I've been having a lot of trouble getting a SuSE 7.1 system that works with my old, reliable AMD k6 200 system (previously running redhat 6.1) - networking is all messed up. I'm thinking about compiling the kernel and wonder whether I'd be better off with 2.2 or 2.4
Of course, in principle I'd prefer 2.4, but I don't need it. I've always use precompiled kernels in the past, and I'm wondering if trying 2.4 is asking for trouble.
Suggestions?
Thanks,
bw
It might be helpful if you provided the actual error messages spat out when you try to run applications. I recently upgraded from 2.2.18-SuSE to a stock 2.4.4 with no problems. But note -- certain aspects of networking (especially PPP) have changed from 2.2.x to 2.4.x Check out /usr/src/linux<version>/Documentation/Changes and the rest of the documentation in this directory -- -- Never trust a man in a suit -- cll