Re: OT: Major screwup in multiboot

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Tim" == Tim Wood <tleathley@bigpond.com> writes:

    Tim> Hi, i mainly run Linux - testing/unstable - and a part of the
    Tim> saga not mentioned below (posted to alt.os.windows.2000), was
    Tim> the trouble I had getting X to work. I was running kernel
    Tim> 2.4.17-686 and was only able to fix it after installing
    Tim> 2.4.19-686.

Could you explain why?

    Tim> I've added a CD burner, and was dismayed to find that I need
    Tim> to build a new kernel - there is also the Athlon, and
    Tim> something else I'm too tired to remember.

If you are using a standard Debian kernel you should not have to build
a new one. Why do you believe you need to recompile? I use 2.4.18-k7
and use a CD burner. I can't imagine 2.4.19-k7 is that much more
different.

Cheers!
Shyamal