Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 May 1998 21:51:26 -0500 | From | Shaun Dunston <> | Subject | Re: Upgrading to a test kernel |
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If you get any responses on this could you plz forward them to me plz? I have been working with this problem for a while. Thanks!!
-Shaun Dunston dunston@netins.net
Michael J. McGillick wrote: > > Hello: > > Looking for some help from the Red Hat users on this list (or knowledgable > others). I've tried a couple of times before to upgrade my existing RH 5.0 > system to one of the test kernels, but I usually end up screwing up one > thing or another. I have read the documentation, and I've tried > to upgrade almost of the packages necessary as listed by the minimum > version numbers in the documentation. > > If anyone is currently running RH 5.0, and has successfully gotten to the > point of running a test kernel, I would like to discuss the steps that you > took to get to that point. I would like to keep the system as RPM'ized as > possible by upgrading packages with RPMs, but I realize that some packages > may not be currently available like this. According to my system, here is > what I have installed as opposed to what the documentation is saying that > I have: > > Package I Have Required > ------- ------ -------- > > -> Kernel modules modutils-2.1.55-4 modutils-2.1.85 > Gnu C gcc-2.7.2.3-8 2.7.2.3 > Binutils binutils-2.8.1.0.1-1 2.8.1.0.23 > -> Linux C Library libc-5.3.12-25 5.4.44 > Dynamic Linker (ld.so) ld.so-1.9.5-5 1.9.5 > Linux C++ Library libg++-2.7.2.8-6 2.7.2.8 > Procps procps-1.2.7-1 1.2.7 > -> Procinfo procinfo-0.11-1 13 > -> Mount mount-2.7f-1 2.7l > -> Net-tools net-tools-1.33-4 1.45 > -> Loadlin not installed 1.6a > Sh-utils sh-utils-1.16-8 1.16 > Autofs 0.3.14 0.3.11 > -> NFS not installed 0.4.21 > Bash bash-1.14.7-6 1.14.7 > -> Ncpfs ncpfs-2.0.11-3 2.2.0 > -> Pcmcia-cs pcmcia-cs-2.9.12-4 3.0.1 > -> PPP ppp-2.3.3-2 2.3.5 > > All of the packages with arrows next to them look like they need to have > newer versions installed. If I install the newer version, will it not > allow my existing 2.0.34 kernel to work properly? Is there a way to have > both kernels working on the system, without having to repartition the > drive? Also, I've heard folks talking about gcc, pgcc and egcs. I'm > assuming that these are all C compilers, but what's up with them? I > thought gcc was the compiler that we currently use. Is there a movement > underway to switch to a new standard C compiler for Linux? > > Any help would really be appreciated. > > - Mike > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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