kernel version problem

kernel version problem

[Tina Arora]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 285 bytes --]

hi,
nfs.soureforge.net talks of kernel version atleast 2.2.18 to use nfs version 3 .My system shows 
"Red Hat Linux release 7.0(Guinness)
 Kernel 2.2.16-22 on i686"
Nebody ne clues what this -22 means and also will i be able to use nfs (3) on this system of mine..
thanx 
Tina 

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 618 bytes --]

Re: kernel version problem

[James Pearson]

> Tina Arora wrote:
> 
> hi,
> nfs.soureforge.net talks of kernel version atleast 2.2.18 to use nfs
> version 3 .My system shows
> "Red Hat Linux release 7.0(Guinness)
>  Kernel 2.2.16-22 on i686"
> Nebody ne clues what this -22 means and also will i be able to use nfs
> (3) on this system of mine..
> thanx
> Tina

If you don't want to build your own kernel, then there are a couple of
things you could do:

Upgrade to RedHat 7.2 - which has a 2.4.X kernel plus everything else
you need to use NFSv3.

If you can't upgrade to RedHat 7.2, then the latest RedHat update kernel
for RedHat 7.0 is 2.2.19-7.0.15. I have no idea if this kernel does
support NFSv3, but I guess it does. (RedHat make a number of
additions/modifications to a standard kernel - the number after the '-'
is added by RedHat and probably means something like the 15th build of a
RH kernel based on 2.2.19 for RH 7.0). Download from:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i686/

The RedHat support site should have instructions on how to upgrade a RH
kernel.

You will probably still have to update the nfs-utils (and mount?) as per
the FAQ.

James Pearson

_______________________________________________
NFS maillist  -  NFS@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs

Re: kernel version problem

[Tom McNeal]

2.2.16 is an adequate base to start from, but if you're able
to make bigger changes, and want the best nfs platform for 
2.2, then go to 2.2.19.

For 2.2.16, Go to http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ and follow the 
link to the download page (containing both the nfs-utils tar 
balls and the kernel patches).

You need to apply the kernel-nfs-dhiggen_merge-3.0.tar.gz
download to 2.2.16.

Apply the latest nfs utils download (nfs-utils-0.3.3.tar.gz)

Both have readme files; they'll give you the requirements and
tell you what to do.

Tom McNeal


> Tina Arora wrote:
> 
> hi,
> nfs.soureforge.net talks of kernel version atleast 2.2.18 to use nfs version 3
> .My system shows
> "Red Hat Linux release 7.0(Guinness)
>  Kernel 2.2.16-22 on i686"
> Nebody ne clues what this -22 means and also will i be able to use nfs (3) on
> this system of mine..
> thanx
> Tina

--
------------------------------------------------------------
Tom McNeal       trmcneal@attbi.com     (650)906-0761 (cell) 
------------------------------------------------------------

_______________________________________________
NFS maillist  -  NFS@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs