I still don't understand the version numbering scheme for the Linux Kernel. are 2.x kernels unstable if x is an odd number? I'm just wondering why 2.2 and 2.4 went up to the 20's, and 2.5 is up to 70 and have not been seen anywhere... if it is numbered like that, why not just have all released ending with 0 (e.g., 2.2.0) be stable and everything in between be unstable? I'm also really confused about the 2.5 kernel itself. what do I need to do to get the thing to boot without locking up? it doesn't panic, it just lists the first few lines of info and stops...on several of my systems. I read the instructions on getting the 2.5 kernel to work, but I can't figure it out. it looks like just about the same process as for the 2.4, and all the 2.4 kernels I compile work fine. is there something special about getting the 2.5 to work, like some option I have to select in menuconfig? it won't work as preconfigured nor with any of the changes I made... I saw a 2.5.44 kernel RPM, and I installed it and my system never booted again. *sob* actually, all I had to do was make the boot partition again and shove the 2.4.18 back in...
