Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264323AbUAEMlv (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:41:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264331AbUAEMlv (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:41:51 -0500 Received: from router.k.plenum.de ([194.77.86.125]:27535 "EHLO metallica.ki.plenum.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264323AbUAEMlt (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:41:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:43:21 +0100 From: Kresimir Sparavec To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: neel vanan , William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel panic.. in 3.0 Enterprise Linux Message-ID: <20040105134321.A8565@metallica.ki.plenum.de> References: <20040105115610.49148.qmail@web9505.mail.yahoo.com> <1073305477.4429.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1073305477.4429.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>; from arjanv@redhat.com on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:24:38PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1380 Lines: 34 On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:24:38PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 12:56, neel vanan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The kernel I have working is version 2.4.21-4.EL and I > > can still boot up to that. I compiled a 2.6.0 version > > and installed it in exactly the same way that the old > > version is, just appending 2.6.0 to the end of the > > file. so when I reboot I get a boot screen that shows: > > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.4.21-4.ELsmp) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux As-up (2.4.21-4.EL) > > Red Hat linux (2.6.0) > > RHEL3 isn't quite 2.6 ready btw; you need to update quite a few packages > to get it working right. could you please summarize which ones? i upgraded modutils and modified rc.sysinit for usb support. the rest works unmodified (except NVIDIA proprietary kernel driver which does not have 2.6.x support yet, but XFree86 driver works fine for me) as far as i can tell. i got exactly 0 (zero) kernel panics up to now. compared with 2.4.0 few years ago, 2.6.0 works like charm > > Also if you use mount-by-label you do need to create an initrd (with a > 2.6 capable mkinitrd)... > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/