Hi,
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:19:03PM -0500, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I am currently running kernel 2.2.17 on a Woody box. I want to move to
> kernel 2.4.17 (so that I can install a USB port) and I have a few
> questions.
...
Key here is that precompiled 2.4 kernel is more modular than precompiled
2.2 kernel and uses initrd.
> When booting to 2.2.17, I get the following messages:
...
> opl3sa2: Activated ISA PnP card 0 (active=1)
...
> opl3sa2: There was a problem probing one of the ISA PNP cards,
> continuing
I have /etc/modules with:
# ISA PnP driver
isa-pnp
this was needed for my PCMCIA system to function. kmod did not take care.
Maybe you have similar situation.
> My second problem is with IP spoofing and firewalls. I have a very
> simple 2 box network with the newer box connected to the Internet by ppp
> and a crossover ethernet cable between the two boxes. Nothing fancy,
> just ipchains. Unfortunately, ipchains is for kernel 2.2.xx and not for
> 2.4.xx. This leaves me with the following messages at boot.
I suggest you to install "ipmasq" package for gateway machine. This is
compatible with 2.2 and 2.4.
Oh, 2.4 precompiled kernel neaded long enty for ip related modules:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ch-kernel.en.html
5.2.3 Network function
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Visit Debian reference http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/
There are 6 files: index.{en|fr|it}.html quick-reference.{en|fr|it}.txt
I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections.
