Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3166 mails)

[Bernd Koepsell <bernd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please point me in the right direction for information on kernel change 
from SuSE 2.4.19-athlon to kernel.org 2.4.9.  I need at least 2.4.3 for 
the sake of my usb scanner, and felt that I might as well go all the way 
(the thought of 2.5.x scares me. (well, actually heading outside of the 
realm of a yast update scares me, but...)).  Am I better off compiling 
from the source, or...? Why?  I am able to get a RedHat 
2.4.7-athlon.rpm.  Would I be better off using this?  What will this do 
to my SuSE 8.1 system by going outside SuSE for the kernel?

I really fear doing this, so I need detailed information and 
step-by-step directions.  I don't want to toast my system.

Bernd