Re: redhat 6.2 dies 3/31/2003 + AX25 2.4 kernel issues

[Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>]

Holye Moley, Cathryn Mataga:

 Sounds like 'the sky is falling' to me.

1. Red Hat problem!  

2. I've been running kernel 2.4.x on three machines without a
   single crash for many months.  Perhaps your crashes are not
   a kernel-2.4.x problem. ?

3. Instead of complaining about old Red Hat distributions,
   you could upgrade the distribution or change distributions.

4. Again, Red Hat related and not linux-hams related.
   However, my distribution works fine with kernel-2.2.19,
   2.4.5, 2.4.19, & 2.4.20.  :-)

5. See 3.

6. See 4.

HTH, Chuck

Cathryn Mataga wrote:
> 
> According to the Redhat website, Redhat 6.2 and 7.0
> both die on 3/31/2003.  These are the only supported versions
> that run with the 2.2 kernel.  But, I've also read messages
> here that the 2.4 kernel has race conditions and is prone
> to crash.  So, the question is, what do I do with my ax25
> Linux system with RF modems on 3/31/2003?
> 
> 1.  Somehow get the 2.4 kernel fixed by 3/31/2003?  Is this
> possible?  What exactly is the issue, and how bad is this?
> Is this likely to happen?
> 
> 2.  Just live with the crashing.  Cycle the power on the
> machine every other day with a timer or some other horrible solution.
> Maybe it won't be that that bad.
> 
> 3.  Maybe someone other than Redhat will continue to do security patches
> for 6.2?  I can't believe I'm the only one running 6.2.  Right?
> 
> 4.  Upgrade to a new Redhat, but somehow install a 2.2 kernel in
> a distribution designed for 2.4.  Will this work?  (I'm scared.)
> 
> 5.  Switch to some other distribution that will continue to support
> 2.2 after 3/31/2003.
> 
> 6.  Continue with 6.2 and keep an eye out for vulnerabilities and
> maybe strip out a few services that I use otherwise.
> 
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