Guest HaloScan Posted December 9, 2002 Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 Wouldn't using the 2.4.20 patch file be a better solution and a smaller download than downloading the entire kernel over again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThePreacher Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 Wouldn't using the 2.4.20 patch file be a better solution and a smaller download than downloading the entire kernel over again? My problem with using mandrakes kernel patch is that it doesnt perform as well as the actual linux kernel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloScan Posted December 11, 2002 Report Share Posted December 11, 2002 Interesting. I myself only compiled from the source mdk cooker RPM yesterday. I'll try downloading the official one and see if it brings any improvements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 This link is no longer anygood http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/mdkkernel.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 This link is no longer anygood http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/mdkkernel.php Yes DOlson's site has been down today, should be back up sometime i would hope, it's a good site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 Preacher thanks for the good post on compiling the Kernel. That should be a permant post here as that will be one of the first thing a new guy wants to know when comming to visit this very forum. It saved me a lot of time and headache of searching for those simple commands BTW..My compile took just over an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 On another note... I cannot understand why we are dabbing with version 4.20 while Mr. Linux was recently quoted in e-week saying that version 6 "is on the horizon." The version 5 series is still in beta. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 DOlson's site is back up. 2.6 is set for mid to late summer last I heard. One mans horizon is anothers moon, I guess. My problem with using mandrakes kernel patch is that it doesnt perform as well as the actual linux kernel. Hmmm...not my experience. The vanilla kernel with either the low-latency patch or the preempt patch was only a little better than a compiled mdk, and only with a lot of resource intensive programs running at the same time. But, that's one of the ?interesting? things about linux...what applies to one may not apply to all. :) Besides, the mdk is just a patched out vanilla, so if you don't need anything special or just a couple of patches, and want to be able to upgrade via patch, the stock kernel could be for you. The kernel is the kernel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 oops...my bad 4.2 2.6 is on the horizon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 I did find out that there is a drawback to doing a Kernel upgrade on your own. Mandrakes Wizards and RPM setups have made you almost totally dependent on Mandrake. I found out that some packages will not upgrade as it looks for the Kernel that was installed with the current version. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 I compiled the ML 9.0 default kernel-2.4.19-16mdk, calling it 2.4.19-16 and I haven't had any problems with updates, rpmdrake/urpmi ect... Shouldn't have anything to do with your kernel version. What makes you think it does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcreek Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 Because of the error I received that said: Kenerl 2.x.x. blah blah blah is needed by Some Appplication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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