Re: upgrading my kernel to 2.2.x
On 06-Apr-99 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
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> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Pollywog wrote:
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>> Which 2.2.x kernel is considered stable? Are there any special things I
>> need
>> to do to upgrade from 2.0.36 or is the procedure still the same?
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> They are all supposed to be stable. That's the point of the "stable tree"
> of kernel development. If the number after the first decimal point in the
> version number is even, then it is a stable kernel. If it's odd, then
> it's a development kernel, considered unstable. You might as well run the
> latest version. No kernel will ever be completely bug-free (it's
> software, after all...) but presumably there has been more time to fix the
> bugs since it's a more recent release.
Sometimes I embarrass myself. It was fairly obvious and I missed it.
Thanks
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Andrew
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