Which Distro for a Server?

[Leon Goldstein]

David Bandel wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:03:41 -0600
>Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:
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>>>> > No wipe is necessary.  Let's take a quick look at the
>>>> > /etc/apt/sources.list and put together something sane.  Then just a
>>>> > good update should do it.  The easiest distro to maintain is Debian.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Brain-dead simple.
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>>> That is what I heard about debian, but I have no experience with it
>>> beyond knoppix.  I am scared because no one has been able to update
>>> the kernel.
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>How do you want to update the kernel?  Via Debian or from a vanilla
>source (I recommend a vanilla source -- that recommendation is worth
>exactly what you paid for it, too).
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>Ciao,
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I have upgraded the kernel on my Libranet 2.8 and 2.8.1 installs.  Prior
to using Libranet, I never dared perform such a feat.
Libranet's kernel recompile utility is a little gem.  The latest version
of Libranet's Adminmenu now has a kernel upgrade utility; click and
upgrade.  I followed a very straightforward how-to Ken Moffat posted on
the Libranet forum, before the Adminmenu feature was added.  Following
the steps Ken outlined was very educational, and demystified the procedure.

Here is Ken's kernel upgrade how-to, slightly augmented by another forum
poster to include steps for adding Win4Lin support:
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Ken, for those who want to use Win4Lin, here are some additions to your
procedure:

Download two kernel patches from NetTraverse (a)
Kernel-Win4Lin3-2.4.23.patch and (b) mki-adapter.patch from here:
http://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_patch.php

Then, in a terminal with root permissions:

Download the kernel source "linux-2.4.23.tar.gz" from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
move it to /usr/src/
#mv linux-2.4.23.tar.gz /usr/src/
untar it
#tar zxvf linux-2.4.23.tar.gz
rename the resulting directory
#mv linux-2.4.23 kernel-source-2.4.23
remove the linux link
#rm linux
remake the link
#ln -s kernel-source-2.4.23 linux
copy the config file from the existing kernel-source directory to the
new one
#cp kernel-source-2.4.21/.config linux/
(In my case the existing directory was actually kernel-source-2.4.22)
change to the source directory and configure
#cd linux

Apply the Netraverse patches:

cat /path/to/Kernel-Win4Lin3-2.4.23.patch | patch -p1
cat /path/to/mki_adapter.patch | patch -p1

Then:
make oldconfig

Finally, fire up Xadminmenu and recompile the kernel, scrolling down to
"Windows Application Support" in the configuration menu and selecting
that to enable Win4Lin support.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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