** Reply to message from Klaasjan Brand <kjb@xxxxxx> on Mon, 19 May 2003 10:27:46 +0200 > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 08:57, Randy Perkins wrote: > > hello > > > > can redhat 9 be used with kernel 2.5.x from kernel.org > > > > i am thinking about loading it on a machine to check it out. > > never used a beta kernel before ? > > > > could i start with a .config from rh9 and do 'make oldconfig' ? > > Nope. The kernel configuration has been revised a few times, so that's > not going to work. If you're not certain how to build a kernel, it could > be better to start with a 2.4 kernel since you need to upgrade some > other packages (modutils etc) for 2.5. There's a kernel-compiling howto > out there somewhere and a README in the tar.gz from kernel.org. Go here for a short but good precis on upgrading to the 2.5 tree: <http://www.linux-sxs.org/administration/25xconf.html> An upgrade to the latest modutils to handle both 2.4 and 2.5 is essential. Having said that, 2.5 still bombs on the IDE stuff with me. Definitely not release quality yet!! jb
