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[landie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rolando Roman)]

i am new and i recommend from source rather than rpm  you might want to ask
more about that

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Ron Heron wrote: > Michael,
> 
> So, I take it that using the SuSE RPM is what you
> recommend?  I have never loaded a kernel with RPMs,
> just with source.  Is there detailed instructions that
> come with the package?  Even the SuSE book covers the
> source compilation, not the rpm. 
> 
> Thanks,  Ron
> 
> 
> --- Michael Hasenstein <mha@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "Victor R. Cardona" wrote:
> > 
> > > > How did you install 2.2.16?  I am a new user of
> > 6.4 and was wondering if
> > > > there was an automatic way of installing 2.2.16?
> > > > I presume only .rpm files are used but I have
> > tried installing 2.2.16 (with
> > > > rpm files) and have not gotten very far.
> > > >
> > > > How did you  do it?
> > > 
> > > I just downloaded the source from www.kernel.org.
> > I don't
> > > use any of the enhancements in the SuSE kernel, so
> > I didn't
> > > need the rpm.
> > 
> > The 'enhancements' are not jsut feature updates,
> > it's also memory
> > management fixes and other stability fixes. Try
> > stock 2.2.16 on a big
> > busy server... (this is where bugs show earlier than
> > on a lightly loaded
> > 128 MB client machine that's rebootet once a week
> > after doing almost
> > nothing)
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Michael Hasenstein
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> > SuSE Inc., Oakland, California (US)
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