[Peeweelinux] Re: Hello and a question

[Cem Eryasar]

Thanks for the responses. The 2.4 kernel tip is really useful.
I am also using a RH7.3 and thinking of upgrading to the
RH7.3 kernel/apps/libs at some point in the future.

My question was also about the kernel versions. I don't have any
link to compare the different versions of kernels - except the diff ;)
Why did you move to 2.4? Did it justify all the work?

Cem



> 
> Ed,
> I was able to run the 2.4 kernel with the existing packages, the only 
> thing I changed initially was the kernel, the kernel modules, and the 
> modutils package.  I then made sure I could boot the new kernel.  Then I 
> upgraded packages as necessary.  The way I upgraded the packages was to 
> manually create the tar and list file myself.
> For example:
> rpm2cpio xxx.rpm | cpio -dim  (extracts a redhat package to the current 
> directory)
> tar cf xxx.tar *  (tars up all the files in the package)
> tar tf xxx.tar > xxx.list ( creates the necessary list file)
> copy xxx.tar and xxx.list to the packages directory in peewee linux and 
> you're all set.
> Tom
> 
> Ed Anuff wrote:
> 
> >Were you able to use the RH 7.3 packages as is, or did you need to rebuild
> >them?  I got stalled when I tried using the 2.4 kernel because although
> >building the kernel itself wasn't too bad, hunting down all the packages
> >that needed to be upgraded seemed daunting.
> >
> >Ed
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Schneider" <tschneider@nvisia.com>
> >To: <peeweelinux@adis.on.ca>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 8:11 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Peeweelinux] Hello and a question
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I've had great luck with the latest 2.4 kernel. (2.4.18)  Plus I've
> >>upgraded most of the standard peewee linux packages to the latest Redhat
> >>7.3 packages.  I'm running on a PC/104 486 with 48 MB ram and 64 MB
> >>disk-on-chip.  If you follow the tutorial and know your way around the
> >>basics of kernel building, it's not too hard.  (If not, get the Kernel
> >>Howto can fix that)
> >>Tom
> >>
> >>Ricardo Trindade wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>there is a guide to upgrading the kernel in the mailing list archives.
> >>>however, if the one includede does what you need, I think you should keep
> >>>it, it's stable.
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: peeweelinux-admin@adis.on.ca
> >>>[mailto:peeweelinux-admin@adis.on.ca]On Behalf Of Cem Eryasar
> >>>Sent: sexta-feira, 22 de Novembro de 2002 23:05
> >>>To: peeweelinux@adis.on.ca
> >>>Subject: [Peeweelinux] Hello and a question
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Hello all!
> >>>
> >>>It's nice to see people doing embedded linux stuff.
> >>>I downloaded the Peewee and gave it a go. I tried it on an embedded
> >>>486 board. Looks really good.
> >>>
> >>>However, here is my first question:
> >>>
> >>>Do I have to stay with the built in 2.2.17 kernel?
> >>>If it's possible is it better to move on another one? Like 2.2.22?
> >>>
> >>>How can I compare kernel versions? Is it always good to go for a
> >>>recent one from kernel.org?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks a lot!
> >>>Cem Eryasar - Cemer
> >>>