Redhat releases unofficial 2.60-test kernel RPMs

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:58:14 -0400
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 19 July 2003 18:57 pm, Keith Antoine wrote:
> > On Saturday 19 July 2003 01:03 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > On 07/19/03 11:22, Keith Antoine wrote:
> > > > On Friday 18 July 2003 07:17 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > >>These are for RH9 & Rawhide:
> > > >><http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/>
> > > >>
> > > >>I've not tested them, but plan to.
> > > >
> > > > Wonder whether they will work on mandrakeor have they forked too
> > > > much.
> > >
> > > They'd prolly work in so much as you can boot with them, but
> > > whether they work well is another story.  You've got little to
> > > loose by trying though, as long as you keep a known good kernel. 
> > > But, Keith, you alreay knew that part, you taught it to me a few
> > > years ago  :)
> >
> > I am trying to remember with rpm and kernels whether it overwrites
> > the old or just installs the new one seperately. actually I am still
> > tossing up about doing my own compile as I still do not trust rpm's.
> 
> I compiled my own 2.6 kernel from kernel.org and had a lot of compile 
> errors.  Finally got the options right where it would compile.
> 
> But when I booted...  one new 'feechur' seems to be that the running 
> messages of all the things it is doing during boot no longer is 
> standard..  it just said it was booting and that was that.   It
> finally hung somewhere in the process and I haven't taken the time to
> figure out how to get to the dmesg (or whatever) list of messages.... 
> to see what it had a problem with.
> 

The most likely "feechur" is the ?$%! decision in 2.6 to make
VGA_CONSOLE, etc., off by default.  Your boot will complete, but your
have no way of knowing it.  Auf gut Deutsch heisst das: beschissen!

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.