On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Richard Cobbe wrote: > First question: what are the major differences between 2.2 and 2.4 from > a *user's* perspective? I know about the improved scheduler and > wake-one and USB support and things like that, but that's not what I'm > asking. For now, I'm interested primarily in what differences I will > see as I use my system; I'll worry about the system-level programming > interfaces later.
Moderately faster (YMMV) virtual memory system (>2.4.10), better hardware support, and compile times stretching into the weeks on a 386. 8:o) > Second question: is it possible to have a 2.2 kernel and a 2.4 kernel > installed on the same system and switch between the two by means of > LILO? It's a little unclear, but I get the impression that the /dev > hierarchy, in particular, is very different between the two, which > suggests that switching back and forth is not very easy. /dev didn't change, unless you count devfs, which is pretty cool, and you reconfigure devfsd (or fail to install it (not recommended)) to not have the old names. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
