Re: RH 5.1 and Kernel 2.2.1

Harald Dunkel (harri@Synopsys.COM)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:37:52 +0100


"Shaw, Mark" wrote:
>
> Yikes! Apparently, trying to run 2.2.1 on top of a RH 5.1 distribution is a
> really bad idea, especially with the "kernel modules 2.1.121 requirement."
> I tried this and let's just say, this machine is hosed. Luckily, this is
> just one node in a multi-node PVM cluster :-)
>
> Has anyone successfully done this? Should I get a copy of 5.2 and try it
> again? I have been running 2.1.130 on RH 5.1 for a while with zero
> problems. I'll wait a while before rebuilding this box with 5.1.
>

With Slink and Potato Debian I had no problems so far. IMHO the debian
package scheme works better than RPM, too. You should give it a try.

Regards

Harri

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