Re: 2.4 Kernel Stability
On 2003-06-30, 07:49 GMT, James wrote:
> I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is
> there a (semi) stable release
> of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable?
Just a reminder: 2.4 is number of Linux kernel, Debian/stable is 3.0 --
do not make mistake between these numberings.
Debian/stable includes kernel 2.4.18 (there are security patches for
that). However, there is no problem to compile 2.4.21 (which is the
latest stable version of Linux kernel from www.kernel.org) -- there is
package for unstable, which can be happily compiled on woody without any
problems.
Concerning the stability -- I am not an expert, but I believe that 2.4.*
kernel is quite mature these days, so you can try it without problems.
Check you particular computer at some Linux Laptop site (try google.com
to find one), whether there are any problems, but if it is not really
strange beast it should be OK.
> Could a portable boot 2 kernels (2.2.a and 2.4) from lilo without having
> the installed packages wig out?
Yes -- you should however probably make /etc/lilo.conf configuration by
hand (see manpage for that).
> Is 2.4.x near a formal release for Debian?
2.4.* is part of the Debian at least a year (if not more).
> I also want to add xawtv and many other MPEG4 packages, but, they only
> seem to run on a 2.4 kernel.
No experience with these.
Matej
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