Re: kernel 2.2.19 limitations.
Hi,
I stand corrected (told you I wasn't sure ;-) ).
There are tons of reasons people in production environments wouldn't go to
2.4. We use 2.2.19 right now, and its because if we upgrade to 2.4, there
are bunch of packages that need upgrading. And it isn't guarenteed that
all packages will work with 2.4. 2.2 is tried and tested, and until Debian
makes an official move to 2.4 and people report near 100% compatibility
with the 2.4 kernel, we won't be moving. I might test it out on my own
personal box, tho ;-)
Btw, does the RH patch work reliably? Any compatibility issues? Does
everything run as normal?
Sincerely,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Billson" <pete@elbnet.com>
To: "Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.19 limitations.
> > Yes the limit is still the usual 2Gb. The limit is actually with ext2,
i
> > believe, although I'm not sure.
>
> The limit is in the kernel, not the ext2 file system, otherwise 2.4.x
> wouldn't be able to support >2Gb file either. There are patches about
> for adding LFS (large file system) support. I had compiled a 2.2.18
> kernel after patching with the LFS patch borrowed from RedHat's 6.2ee
> (Enterprise Edition) source.
>
> But why not just run 2.4.x?
> Pete
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