any kernel 2.6 based Distros

mehargags · 02-14-2004, 01:11 PM

Hi there
just wanted to know if there are any Distros Out featuring the new 2.6 Kernel..

Any news on slack version with kernel 2.6

i read on the Official Slack Site that 9.1 is KERNEL 2.6 READY!!
what does that mean can anyone Explain

ranger_nemo · 02-14-2004, 01:19 PM

With all the Slack references, I doubt you'll be too interested in it, but Fedora Core is working on their next release, which will feature 2.6, KDE 3.2, and GNOME 2.5. Test 1 release is out with 2.6.1. Test 2 should be out on the 8th. Final release is scheduled for mid-April.

thewizard20 · 02-14-2004, 01:28 PM

heard mandrake is using the 2.6 kernel in there next version 10 as for slackware just compile the 2.6.2 yourself its not as hard as it sounds

Sargek · 02-14-2004, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by thewizard20
heard mandrake is using the 2.6 kernel in there next version 10 as for slackware just compile the 2.6.2 yourself its not as hard as it sounds

Very true - compiling kernel 2.6.x was a breeze compared to previous kernels. Not that the others were hard...the only problem I had was finding the kernel headers for compilation issues. I had to install them as an rpm off of pbone's site. I'm sure Slackware will have a headers package after they do an official release of a 2.6 kernel.

Paul

thewizard20 · 02-14-2004, 07:38 PM

i had no problems with headers went nice and smoothly

Sargek · 02-14-2004, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by thewizard20
i had no problems with headers went nice and smoothly

Maybe I did something completely wrong, but after installing the kernel, I couldn't compile anything until I installed the headers seperately. Maybe I did the install wrong? I did this:

make menuconfig (chose appropriate options)
make
make modules_install

I copied the kernel and system.map to /boot, edited my lilo.conf, made all of the appropriate changes to my init scripts, cdrom device, and it all worked great. Are the headers part of the source code you D/L from kernel.org?

Paul

dvsOasis · 02-14-2004, 09:39 PM

i got the 2.6.2 kernel from kernel.org. I updated the kernel the day after I installed linux, and it was a breeze.

After you unarchive the file to your /usr/src/linux directory, edit the Makefile and uncomment the install_path line. then type:

make menuconfig (or make xconfig)
make
su -c "make modules_install"
make install

It'll put bzImage as vmlinuz in your /boot directory automatically (also system.map), modify /etc/lilo.conf for you, and run lilo. All you have to do at that point is reboot (unless you want to make vmlinuz and System.map symbolic links)

Sargek · 02-14-2004, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dvsOasis
i got the 2.6.2 kernel from kernel.org. I updated the kernel the day after I installed linux, and it was a breeze.

After you unarchive the file to your /usr/src/linux directory, edit the Makefile and uncomment the install_path line. then type:

make menuconfig (or make xconfig)
make
su -c "make modules_install"
make install

It'll put bzImage as vmlinuz in your /boot directory automatically (also system.map), modify /etc/lilo.conf for you, and run lilo. All you have to do at that point is reboot (unless you want to make vmlinuz and System.map symbolic links)

That's exactly what I did, except I did the kernel install in /boot manually. I prefer to do that step manually, along with the lilo installation. My problem was with the headers - they weren't installed and I had to find, download and install them seperately before I could compile anything. No biggy, it works fine now.