Building new 2.4.1x kernels.

[Tim Wunder]

On 1/21/2003 10:51 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote:
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> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:17:51 -0500
> Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 
>>On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:17:31 -0500 kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
>>
>>I have a RH 8  box and want to up the kernel to 2.4.20.
> 
> 
>>>The latest kernel are patch-2.4.20.gz. I am used to
>>>linux-2.4.x.tar.gz. 
>>
>>Keith, where ever you found the patches, there will be complete kernel
>>source tarballs.
>>
>>As far as compiling a new kernel, the steps in the kernel compile sxs
>>are still accurate. 
>>
>>That said, have fun. Kernel 2.4.20 has been quite nice.
>>
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> 
> Just a side note here, gentoo are reporting that ide bugs with ...20
> kernels is one of the items to be resolved before releasing gentoo
> 1.4_final.   I don't have any further details, but I'm staying with
> ..19+ until further notice.  By doing so, I also missed out on the EXT3
> bugs.
> 

I've also read that kernel 2.4.20 may not compile with gcc 3.2 that's 
supplied by RedHat in 8.0. I'd be interested in knowing if Keith gets it 
compiled and working.

Regards,
Tim