Re: ext2 ext3 ?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Eric" == Eric Boese-Wolf <boesewolf@vdst-ka.inka.de> writes:

    Eric> It really worths knowing how to compile a custom
    Eric> kernel. Many things are really faster if you don't have to
    Eric> use them as module. And think of the security improvement if
    Eric> you can disable the LKM-Mechanism as a whole.

Are you suggesting that there is a security problem with using the
standard 2.4.18 kernel as a whole? Perhaps I need an education here,
so details would be useful.

As for being faster, the only thing that runs faster if you build a
custom kernel is the boot sequence AFAIK.

Cheers!
Shyamal