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07-02-2004, 09:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 19
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Does the Slackware 10.0 installer run 2.6.x?
Hello everyone,
I have a fairly simple question:
Can the Slackware installer run the 2.6 kernel?
The problem I have is that I need 2.6 for my promise sata raid controller to work.
More specifically the kernel has to have the promise_sata module.
Is this module enabled in slackware or does the installer only run 2.4?
Thanks for any replies
\/\/Cprof
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07-02-2004, 09:26 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware, VectorLinux, Smoothwall, and PCLinuxOS
Posts: 40
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No...but it gives the option to install a kernel from a floppy image...you could do the 2.6.x kernel that way  |
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07-02-2004, 09:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 19
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How would I do that?
Would the installer then run the 2.6 kernel?
sry for all those questions but i'd really like to get slackware onto my desktop. |
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07-02-2004, 11:27 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: So. Cal.
Distribution: Slack 11
Posts: 1,737
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Possibly, but the slack website says its in testing so its probably unstable at this time.
http://www.slackware.com/index.php |
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07-02-2004, 11:56 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: near Seattle
Distribution: Debian/Ubuntu/Suse
Posts: 240
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It's on cd2 in the testing directory with a readme for upgrading. (have not tried it)
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07-03-2004, 12:50 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Georgia, US
Distribution: Slackware64
Posts: 54
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I have installed the 2.6.7 kernel from disk 2 of the slack10 install set. It worked w/o any problems.
I just followed the instructions on the readme, I installed the supporting packages first.
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07-03-2004, 02:51 AM
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Amigo developer
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 4,595
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www.amigolinux.org has a SATA bootdisk with kernel 2.6.7 from LQ user bonecrusher. You can use that with install.1 and install.2 and then install the kernel form the floppy or install the one from Slackware, but I don't know if it has SATA support.
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07-03-2004, 06:03 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 19
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Ok thanx I'll see if I can get it to work.
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07-08-2004, 09:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 19
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As far as I found out the installer only runs the 2.4 kernel and so does not recognise the sata discs.
However I managed to install to an IDE HDD, upgrade to 2.6, copy over the system, reconfigure grub (LILO sucks ass). Now everything is fine.
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07-08-2004, 11:47 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware, VectorLinux, Smoothwall, and PCLinuxOS
Posts: 40
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Kudos! Congrats on a successful kernel upgrade! 
Have you noticed any outstanding speed or performance gains? |
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07-08-2004, 08:47 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: lake michigan
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 456
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i know i did. I didnt notice it as much in fluxbox, but anything like kde, gnome, gimp, alot of gtk apps sure had improvement fps in glxgears even went up a few
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07-11-2004, 12:00 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 19
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2.6 is far better. I think slack shouldn't run the 2.4 at all - it's outdated.
Why not put the 2.4 in a "deprecated" folder on the second cd?
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