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Re: [LUG] 2.6 kernel



On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:17:17 +0100
lee quick <lee.quick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tuesday 21 October 2003 23:30, Tony Atkin wrote:
> > Had a few spare hours a couple of weeks ago and tried compiling test-7.
> > Short answer - it locked solid shortly into bootup.  I have not had time
> > since to investigate further. I had a few problems with the new module
> > handling system and ended up having to manually reinstall insmod etc. This
> > was probably something to do with my own stupidity - fingers on keyboard,
> > brain in neutral.  What made it all the more exciting was when I found
> > that my old kernel, not being able to load modules, was unable to see the
> > cdrom!   So I resolved that if I ever get back to playing with it again, I
> > will do it using a Slackware partition I have on my HD rather than my -
> > now working again - SuSE installation.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> Tried the test-8 kernel to no avail, the agpgart module refused to work
> despite upgrading aaa_base modutils and mkinitrd to the required specs
> there are obviously quite a few major changes and it just dont sit pretty on a 
> 2.4 based box even the usual install method has changed which caused much
> fun ,ho hum suse 9.0 due in a couple of days woo-hoo
> 
I have been running 2.6.0-test on my debian box since its release without any major issues. Currently running 2.6.0-test7. Well worth the upgrade IMO.

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