On Wednesday 06 July 2011 07:37:44 pm Per Jessen wrote:
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
It seems that there are a few stallwarts out there, yours truly one of us, who still use suse 11.3, 11.2, 11.1 and even 10.x as the main os. Most of these os's are out of maintenance, so a kernel upgrade would have to be manual. If you have upgraded the kernel in an out of maintenance system, can you please post a comment or two on the result?
Nothing much to say except it's no big deal. Get the kernel source you want, configure it using the existing config.gz as a base, then build and install. Recreate initrd.
-- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.8°C)
Thanks Per, actually the question is more about the after effects of a kernel upgrade rather than the mechanics of it. the two basic reasons for an upgrade are of course security and functionality. sooo, has it worked? Have the people stayed with an updated kernel? what problems were encountered? any regressions ? any great improvements? fyi, the os this posting is coming thru is 11.1 and uname gives me the last official kernel for it: 2.6.27.56-0.1-default ! i have played with upgrades in test partirions, also played with 11.3 and 11.4 in tests, now i am considering an upgrade of the basic os. And I was thinking that perhaps a kernel upgrade might provide almost all the benefits of a later os, without all the hassles. or is that wrong? d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org