Yes, I had to roll back to 2.6.7 due to SATA problems. hde apparently became sda, but init wouldn't be found even with root=/dev/sda3, so maybe more was hosed. I just gave up at that point... On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:21:28 -0400, Matt Barber <brbrofsvl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Just be wary of 2.6.8* and CD burning. On two of our machines CD > burning is broken - on one it completely freezes the box 50% of the > time, and on the other, it burns nothing but coasters. Sata support > seems more than a little sketchy in 2.6.8* (but we've had no problem > with it in 2.6.5 - 2.6.7 fedora/ccrma kernels). > > you can read this thread: > > http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2004-September/006039.html > > Matt > > > > > ->On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 12:50, Barton Bosch wrote: > > This may be semi-OT for this list but it does relate somewhat in > > regards to burning CDs and eventually using the 2.6 kernels for low > > latency audio, etc. > > > > My production distro is a Planet CCRMA RH 9 installation. I also > > have an installation of FC2 that I use for graphics and will > > eventually be migrating to. For me, using FC2 and the 2.6 kernels > > is edgy enough -- I don't have enough knowledge and experience to be > > much use as a beta tester. > > > > With those caveats in mind, is there a particular 2.6 kernel that > > would be better than either 1) the kernel that was shipped with my > > FC2 disks, or 2) the most recently released kernel (2.6.8-1.521)? > > I have released a couple of "experimental" 2.6.8+ kernels that include > the voluntary preemption patches by Ingo Molnar. They are getting better > all the time. You could try them in your FC2 box by following the > instructions here (if you have already installed Planet CCRMA in your > FC2 box, of course): > > http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2004-August/005879.html > > > Where can I find more info about the various kernels and other > > updates as they are released? > > Kernels specific for Planet CCRMA are announced in its mailing list. I > guess the place for generic announcements would be the linux kernel > mailing list. > > > Does anyone have any advice as to an > > FC2 update strategy other than running `# yum update` every week > > or so? > > For Planet CCRMA that would be apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. I > have yum support in my list of things to do but have not had time to > implement it yet. <- > > -- De gustibus non disputandum est.
