Comments on: Dear Lazyweb – SLES8 Kernels http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/ life and times of a geek home Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:20:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Goodwin http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/comment-page-1/#comment-7570 David Goodwin Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:38:20 +0000 http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/#comment-7570 Yes - kernel upgrades normally fix most hardware issues - assuming other linux distros work on $hardware, then it seems a good way to go... Yes – kernel upgrades normally fix most hardware issues – assuming other linux distros work on $hardware, then it seems a good way to go…

]]> By: Mark http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/comment-page-1/#comment-7321 Mark Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/#comment-7321 It's only the Kernel we want to update, it will allow us to install it on newer hardware (tils). Basically the version of SLES we are on will not run on newer tills. Our till versions are no longer being shipped and supported, and so we will soon have to resort to E-Bay for spares, because we can't run our SLES version on the latest till hardware. I would like to avoid a full distro upgrade (expensive resource wise, and quite disruptive especially this time of year), so maybe a simple Kernel update might help us support newer hardware. It’s only the Kernel we want to update, it will allow us to install it on newer hardware (tils). Basically the version of SLES we are on will not run on newer tills. Our till versions are no longer being shipped and supported, and so we will soon have to resort to E-Bay for spares, because we can’t run our SLES version on the latest till hardware.

I would like to avoid a full distro upgrade (expensive resource wise, and quite disruptive especially this time of year), so maybe a simple Kernel update might help us support newer hardware.

]]> By: David Goodwin http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/comment-page-1/#comment-7314 David Goodwin Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:40:04 +0000 http://www.port7.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/03/dear-lazyweb-sles8-kernels/#comment-7314 Compile your own 2.4 version? It (the 2.4 tree) is still maintained. I guess you could use something like 'checkinstall' to catch it and make an rpm from the build process. You should find the kernel config that SuSE used in /boot; but SuSE do apply patches (e.g. to reiserfs) so if you're using anything like ACLs with reiserfs, you might be stuck. Do they really need updating? Why wouldn't you update the kernel before e.g. Apache/Samba/Bind/LDAP etc etc Compile your own 2.4 version? It (the 2.4 tree) is still maintained.

I guess you could use something like ‘checkinstall’ to catch it and make an rpm from the build process.

You should find the kernel config that SuSE used in /boot; but SuSE do apply patches (e.g. to reiserfs) so if you’re using anything like ACLs with reiserfs, you might be stuck.

Do they really need updating? Why wouldn’t you update the kernel before e.g. Apache/Samba/Bind/LDAP etc etc

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