Linux-Hams archive - January 1997: Re: Somewhat on topic
Re: Somewhat on topic
Karl F. Larsen (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Fri, 3 Jan 1997 07:13:13 -0700 (MST)
At 10:26 AM 1/2/97 PST, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I am currently running RedHat 3.0.3 kerenl 1.3.77, and Tnos 2.10. I want
>to upgrade the OS to a 2.0.x kernel so I can experiment towards using
>the ax25-utils, etc. I have the kernel source for 2.0.12, and could
>probably install it, and the ax25-utils successfully. However I feel
>there might be some other things in the RedHat package that should
>probably be upgraded along with the kernel. I am not real familiar with
>their RPM package either.
>
All I can say deals with the Slakeware package. I have gone as far
as kernel 2.1.6 and had just minor problems with bootup. But I don't know
what RPM is except it is a motor oil not to use...:-)
>I guess my question is this, is there some sort of simple upgrade I can
>do to the whole package over top of my current system without losing my
>current configuration, or do I install the newer release on a clean
>drive and build it back from there, or just do the upgrade with what I
>have already?
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>TIA Willie
>trnwb.chfr@agere.com
>
73, de Karl aka k5di
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