Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?
On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:29, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Any last words before I
> # apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-k7
> on my home (sid) PC?
>
> Will things break that used to work in 2.4?
I still stick with 2.4 for the following reason.
I use two ethernet cards:
eth0 is connected to the cable modem (it has to be this
particular card because of the MAC address)
eth1 is my home network.
2.6 reverses the names eth0 and eth1
Apparently the PCI scanning order
changed - right, why keep something the same if you can change it? :-)
So for me it will not be possible to simply install 2.6
next to a 2.4 kernel. Each time I will have to manually
reverse the cards in the computer.
In addition, booting 2.6 lost me some modules which I had to insert
manually before 2.4 would work again. I do not exactly remember, but I
think it was a usb module.
So for me it is difficult to try out 2.6 because of these changes.
I guess if I have a good solution for the eth0 eth1 problem I
will try and move towards 2.6.
Good luck,
John
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