kernel 2.4 & redhat 6.2

[Brian Cluff]

I think that you can be reasonably sure that redhat 6.2 is too old and not
ready for the 2.4 kernel.  There are certain compadibility issues the new
kernel has with older software.  You might want to try upgradeing to redhat
7.0, or mandrake 7.2.  Both are known to be 2.4 ready.  Or you could even
grab a mandrake 8.0beta and that will come with the 2.4 kernel.
You only other bet is to find a list of exaclty what versions of what
software the 2.4 kernel requires and just start upgradeing at full speed.

Brian Cluff
----- Original Message -----
> So I've got this RedHat 6.2 box.. and I'm trying to upgrade it to kernel
2.4.3.  When I boot the box, it takes forever (about 5 minutes probably)
before it comes up.  The tail of dmesg looks like:
>
> NFS: NFSv3 not supported.
> nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
> lockd_up: makesock failed, error=-5
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
> nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
> lockd_up: no pid, 2 users??
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
> portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
>
> A bunch of NFS stuff.  Someone told me (I'm no where near it) the console
says something about /proc/sys/net/ipv4/.... ip_always_defrag is missing.
Not sure if this has anything to do with the problem though.  Couldn't find
anything in kernel config about IP Always Defrag (like there was in 2.2.x).
>
> I do need the NFS stuff, btw.  There are two filesystems that need to be
mounted.  I have NFS client and server support (v2 and v3) compiled in.