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On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 15:09 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: |
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> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:27:28 -0500 |
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> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I'm in the process of installing gentoo now, |
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good! [snip] |
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> > What I was wondering was whether a similar misfortune has befallen |
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> > gentoo's 2.6.18 kernel, or whether gentoo's kernel developers have just |
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> > left the 2.6.19 patches in 2.6.19. |
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> > Maybe I'm being silly asking about this, but I have become paranoid about |
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> > severe file system damage. |
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> > |
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> > -- hendrik |
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> there are a number of kernels you can install in gentoo - see inside |
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> the directory /usr/portage/sys-kernel. You can also see what patches |
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> have been applied by looking at the ebuilds. |
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to those not familiar with gentoo: there is also a vanilla-sources |
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ebuild, which installs the kernel exactly as it is from kernel.org, with |
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no patches, if you want to go that way. |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. |
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-- Oscar Wilde |
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