On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, D. D. Brierton wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 12:06, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > if you're feeling bored, why not just try upgrading to the latest > > version of the 2.6.0-test kernel? lots of folks have done it, with > > great success. > > I'll certainly consider that as an option, but I'm not doing this > because I'm bored but because I have a genuine problem that I need a > solution for (I can't access my Firewire drive). Whilst I'm very tempted > to try out the 2.6 kernel it involves upgrading a number of ancillary > packages which might make booting a 2.4 kernel difficult (should the 2.6 > kernel cause problems), i don't think so. if you check the few additional RPMs at arjan's page, they're all backwards compatible AFAIK. many people have gone this route -- this has been an ongoing thread on the severn list for quite some time. > and I have no idea if I'll be able to compile Nvidia no problem there, i've been doing it for a while. i posted a HOWTO a while back, it's pretty easy. you'll want to visit www.minion.de for the patch for 2.5/2.6 kernels. > and VMware haven't done that, but i'm pretty sure others have. > At the moment I can't help feeling that trying out a Rawhide kernel > might be a safer option. wimp ... uh, i mean, yeah, better safe than sorry. :-) seriously, even if the test kernel doesn't work fully for you, i'm unaware of any issues that would stop you from just rebooting under the 2.4 kernel. rday -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
