Michael Havens wrote:
>
> On Saturday 24 July 2004 09:51, Austin Godber wrote:
>
>>apt-cache search kernel-source
>
> results:
> freeswan - IPSEC utilities for FreeSWan
> kernel-patch-2.4-lids - LIDS Kernel Patch
> kernel-patch-debian-2.4.24 - Debian patches to Linux 2.4.24
> kernel-patch-debian-2.4.25 - Debian patches to Linux 2.4.25
> kernel-patch-debian-2.4.26 - Debian patches to Linux 2.4.26
> kernel-patch-debian-2.6.5 - Debian patches to Linux 2.6.5
> kernel-patch-debian-2.6.6 - Debian patches to Linux 2.6.6
> kernel-patch-debian-2.6.7 - Debian patches to Linux 2.6.7
> kernel-patch-usagi - Another IPv6 implementation for Linux
> kernel-source-2.2.25 - Linux kernel source for version 2.2.25
> kernel-source-2.4.24 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.24 with Debian
> patches
> kernel-source-2.4.25 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.25 with Debian
> patches
> kernel-source-2.4.26 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.26 with Debian
> patches
> kernel-source-2.6.5 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.5 with Debian
> patches
> kernel-source-2.6.6 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.6 with Debian
> patches
> kernel-source-2.6.7 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.7 with Debian
> patches
> lidstools-2.4 - LIDS Admintool
> oprofile - system-wide profiler for Linux systems
> nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
> root@0[bmike1]#
>
> Gee, I'm downloading kernel 2.6.7 right now from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/ but it
> seems that if I just did apt-get to it I would get the patches as well. Would
> that be a better option to take?
Well, This is a situational thing and not something I can really decide
for you. For instance. I use the stock debian kernel on my desktops
(meaning I have installed kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686 and
kernel-source-2.6.7). But the default Debian kernel doesn't work with
the hardware on my laptop, so I build my own.
You can try apt-geting the kernel-image and kernel-source for your
machine and see if it works for you. Just make sure that your old
kernel is still in your lilo.conf (or grub.conf) so you aren't left with
a broken system.
Mike, it might be less disruptive to your life if you used the OpenMosix
Knoppix disk, ClusterKnoppix. Granted I haven't read the entire thread
so you may have decided against that for some reason. The reason I say
it, is that openmosix isn't that useful for a typical workstation
machine. You should have a specific problem you are trying to solve and
build your solution around that. But its just not going to be too
useful on your desktop. So if its just a matter of trying it out, which
is great!, I would suggest using the cluster knoppix disk since it has
the mosix in the kernel already. And there are a few things you can try
out (drawing fractals using several computers) password cracking ... etc.
Austin
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