[plug] 2.2.3 and PPPn

[John Summerfield]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Matt Kemner wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au wrote:
> 
> > I had the exact same problem... it's nothing to do with the kernel - u need
> > to upgrade to the latest pppd.  Apparently, 2.2.x requires the latest
> > version (I forget which one that is, but someone on this list should know).
> > After I upgraded pppd, it was fine... 8-)
> 
> It's been stressed before, and I'll stress it again.
> 
> When you upgrade to 2.2.X you HAVE to make sure you have upgraded all
> utilities listed in the Documentation/Changes file in the linux kernel
> source, to at least the versions mentioned therein.

Consider I've said it again

I upgraded from 2.0.35 to '36 yesterday then checked what I needed to
update to go to the 2.2.3 kernel I have laying around. Everything being in
place, I built my 2.2.3 kernel and everything went well except IP mask:- I
misconfigured the kernel. Built a new one this arvo and IP masq was working
a few minutes ago.

 
> Upgrading your Debian to slink (2.1), or your RedHat to their latest
> version (5.2?) should ensure you have all the latest utilities.

Redhat 5.2 requires further updates and the information at Red Hat isn't
entirely accurate. Even Documentation/Changes lacks one upgrade I found
essential. I have a Fujistsu M2513A drive that takes 640 Mb media, 2 K
sectors. This requres en even newer util-linux: util-linux-2.9i which
contain fdisk and mkfs that accept -b to specify the blocksize (in bytes).


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