On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 12:33, M A Young wrote:
> I haven't tried it, but I think it should work.
Great, I'll try it out.
> You need (from the
> --requires flag)
> modutils >= 2.4.18
> initscripts >= 5.83
> mkinitrd >= 3.2.6
Ah. Very helpful. Thank you.
> I don't think there have been any major changes, though be aware that
> there is an exec-shield feature in the new kernel (see the severn release
> notes for details). The .nptl naming points out that RedHat have added
> nptl to the kernel, but that was in RHL 9 as well, so that doesn't matter.
> You may also want the kernel-unsupported package to which RedHat have
> moved kernel modules they are prepared to ship but not to support.
I was wondering what the unsupported packages were.
> If you install it next to your existing kernel (ie. rpm -i which is a
> good idea for new kernels anyway), you can always boot your existing
> kernel if it doesn't work.
Yep. I was going to do that. Thank you very much - that was exactly what
I needed to know.
Best, Darren
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