Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Graham Mitchell" <> | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 15:47:39 +0000 | Subject | Re: diced kernel |
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On 16 Jun 96 at 18:03, Roman Gollent wrote:
> Graham Mitchell wrote: > > > Thats maybe the way to do it...... The REAL problem with the size of > > the kernel sources, isn't the size of the sources themselves. Its the > > TIME it takes to download 6Mb in one chunk.... As the net becomes > > I heartily encourage you to download and apply kernel patches instead > of downloading 6mb files. There's a reason why Linus makes them > available and it has very little to do with his health.
I always do pull the patches and update that way..... However, I also pull the ful kernel every 10 releases or so, just to make sure i catch any problems.
Graham ---------------------------------------------------------- The world isnt run by weapons any more, or energy or money Its run by little 1s and 0s, little bits of data Its all just electrons ----------------------------------------------------------
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