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On Wed, 2 May 2001 17:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
Ricardo Rodriguez
I just want to know if 2.4 does really has some bugs on it?, if so, what kind of problems am I going to have?, if need to update the kernel, how hard it is? and if it really worth to use 2.4 instead of any other one?
Hi Ricardo I switched to vanilla kernels on my 7.0 box when 2.4 was released. I had never compiled kernels before. My advice is: (1) Read the Kernel section in the SuSE manual (chapter 13 in my manual), and all the cross-references. It really is very helpful. (2) Remember that you will not just be upgrading the kernel - there is the associated stuff like mod-utils and ppp. (3) In my experience compiling and installing kernels is easy. Depending on your hardware, however, sorting out the consequences for your modules and re-writing modules.conf is much more difficult (especially for sound). This may just reflect my inexperience / stupidity - but I have spent 4x as much time and effort on modules as I have on kernels and the documentation (even in the SuSE manual), is not nearly so helpful as it is for kernels. (4) Have fun (it is). Regards, Geoff _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com