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From: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>
To: "P.Agenbag" <internet@psimation.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.13 kernel and ext3???
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:07:52 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <15326.60536.561925.749776@beta.reiserfs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BDEE870.1060104@psimation.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BDEE870.1060104@psimation.com>

P.Agenbag writes:
 > Hi
 > I just installed RedHat 7.2 with the 2.4.7 kernel. Low and behold, when 
 > I tried to install the latest kernels, I see that there are many options 
 > in the RedHat 2.4.7 kernel that are not even in the 2.4.13 kernel! How 
 > does this work? Also, I see many (EXPERIMENTAL) greyd-out areas in the 
 > kernel as well as other greyd out areas which are not experimental, yet 
 > won't allow me to select it ( reiserfs for example ) .
 > How can I get reiserfs to compile into the kernel, and to satsify my 
 > curiosity, how do you enable the experimental options?

Turn on first option "Prompt for development and/or incomplete
code/drivers" in the first configuration sub-menu "Code maturity level
options".

Read namesys.com/faq.html

 > 
 > Does it mean that if there is a fairly large difference between the 
 > RedHat 2.4.7 and the stock one from kernel.org, that they are not really 
 > the same? ie, does anyone foresee any future problems with redhat adding 
 > all these extra features to their kernel and people who would like to 
 > upgrade to a newer version ( for one, I selected ext3 during install, 
 > yet, now trying to install 2.4.13, I must revert back to ext2...)
 > 
 > Thanks

Nikita.

 > 
 > 

  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-30 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-30 17:50 2.4.13 kernel and ext3??? P.Agenbag
2001-10-30 18:07 ` Nikita Danilov [this message]
2001-10-30 18:08 ` Rik van Riel
2001-10-30 23:07   ` Alan Cox
2001-10-30 18:15 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-10-30 22:57 ` Alessandro Suardi

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