Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:52:21 +0100 | From | "Manuel J. Galan" <> | Subject | Re: RAID is a matter of availability, not data security |
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Rudolf Leitgeb wrote: ... > No we seem to be stuck in the "2.3.x is useless" stage and people cry for new > features in 2.2.x again. Lots of people were ready to tinker around with 2.3, > when they suddenly broke FAT and many other file systems. Then we had all kinds > of horror messages of 2.3 kernels that suffered major instabilities here on > lk-ml. As a result only true hackers and some newbies who didn't know better > lay their hands on 2.3 kernels, but throrough real world testing only barely > happens (I haven't read one article here on lk-ml where someone used 2.3.x on a > big server. There was not one message so far about a DOS attack against 2.3.x > kernels, IIRC.) ... > Rudi
I am afraid that the major drawback that prevents people from using 2.3.x is the FAT breakage...begin:vcard n:Galan Moreno;Manuel x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:E.T.S. de Arquitectura (ULPGC);Matematicas adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:manolow@step.es x-mozilla-cpt:;1056 fn:Manuel Galan Moreno end:vcard
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