Sorry, but I'm still not clear. I'm running stable, but I build my 2.4.20 Kernels from kernel.org, and I apply the XFS patch from SGI's site.
The security announcement said: For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in the 2.4.20 series kernels based on Debian sources. So, if I want 2.4.20 on my stable system would you recommend downloading the 2.4.20-8 source from unstable (and kernel-patch-xfs 1.2pre4-1) instead of using the kerenl.org sources? Seems like that's the way to go so I get all the patches listed in the kernel's README.Debian.gz. Frankly, looking at the README.Debian.gz I'm not 100% clear that 2.4.20-8 addresses all the issues in DSA-311-1. For example, I didn't see "ioperm" mentioned in the readme. I'm asking this today because I want to use Mondo Rescue. The Mondo docs say: Q: When I try to boot from the Mondo CD, it says, "VFS: Unable to mount root fs." I am using a Debian distro. What do I do? A: Ask Debian's designers why they, unlike every other distro I can find, have included cramfs and other 'goodies' with their kernel. In the meantime, please use '-k FAILSAFE' in your command line when calling Mondo. Since I'm building the kernel from source can I just disable cramfs (and what else??) to avoid the need for the FAILSAFE kernel with Mondo? I do a base install with the bf2.4-xfs CD, then I build my kernel from source using the bf2.4 config as a starting point and remove much of what I don't need. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
