Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody

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Alexei Chetroi wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 05:59:47AM -0800, saravanan ganapathy wrote:
>  
>
> > Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:59:47 -0800 (PST)
> > From: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com>
> > To: Alexei Chetroi <debian@lexa.uniflux-line.net>
> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody
> >    
> ...

>  
>  The latest kernel on kernel.org is 2.4.28 indeed. The debian stable
> choosed kernel 2.4.18 as kernel for woody release. So debian's kernel
> 2.4.18 includes security patches for exploits found in kernels 2.4.19,
> .20, etc.
>
>  Kernel 2.4.18 does support highmem, but debian's package is compiled
> without highmem support. So you have two options:
>
> 1st.
> Recompile debian's 2.4.18 kernel with highmem support, keep eye on
> debian-security-announce list and whenever kernel 2.4.18 gets updated
> recompile it.
>
> 2nd.
> use latest kernel from kernel.org compiled with highmem support and 
> recompile it whenever security hole is discovered.
>
>
>  
>
> > Is there any lack in this?
> >    
>
> --
> Alexei Chetroi
>
>
>  
if your sources.list in /etc/apt/ are "correct" you can also install a 
debian package from Sarge or Sid 2.4.27 and 2.6.9.

I think it's the best way.

bye