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Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?



Yes,

If you have SCSI then make sure you compile the kernel with Y and not M for 
the SCSI stuff.  Otherwise you must know how to drive initrd because Debian 
doesn't have a mkinitrd like Mandrake, etc.

Also kernel module compiling is a hassle due to the fact that the 
glibc6-devel kernel version is almost impossible to get the same as the 
kernel you want to run.....

On Tuesday 20 February 2001 06:00, Aaron Brashears wrote:
> I'd like to try out kernel 2.4.1 from unstable, but I wanted to know
> if there's anything I should be wary of. A quick search through the
> archives of debain-user revealed there's *something* with modconf, but
> I'm not sure what the problem is.
>
> Is there anything I should be aware of before attempting a building
> 2.4.1 from the deb source?
>
> Also, does alsa work with the new kernel?
>
> I'm running a p3 with a netgear 310tx(tulip) and nvidia tnt2 with
> xfree86 4 installed, but I'm pretty sure it's actually using the
> XF86_SVGA server found in xfree86 3. I'm currently running the kernel
> image 2.2.17 found in potato but I synch with testing.
>
> Thanks.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alwyn Schoeman

Uhm...



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