[plug] Kernel 2.4.10

[Ben Jensz]

Red Hat 7.1 default comes with kernel 2.4.2 .

It didn't have all of the netfilter/iptables support in the install kernel
version that I wanted, so I downloaded 2.4.9 and compiled it from source.


/ Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Kernel 2.4.10


> Im going to reinstall my machine from Mandrake 8 beta to RH 7.1. Is
> this kernel prepackaged for RH yet?
>
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> From: Brad Campbell <brad at seme.com.au> on 25/09/2001 09:55 AM
> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
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> Subject: [plug] Kernel 2.4.10
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> I upgraded last night from 2.4.9 to 2.4.10 with the
> preemptible kernel patches..
> All I can say is wow.. it's like supercharging my computer..
>
> The massive vm changes in 10 have solved most of my memory thrash
> problems, and the interactivity with the preemptible patches needs
> to be seen to be believed.
>
> Compiling Xfree4, Xfree3, Kernel, running mozilla and Openoffice638
> and playing xmms in 96mb with no glitches and no pointer freezes,
> switching between vc's is smooth and quick, switching into/out of x
> is smooth and quick.. Even win4lin runs smoother and faster,
> although
> I doubt it's long term reliability as I had to massage the Win4lin
> 2.4.9 kernel patch to get it to compile and I'm no kernel hacker..
> --
> Brad....
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