At 22:55 18/12/2002 +1100, you wrote:
What I mean is, if I went to say www.kernel.org and downloaded to latest development kernel, or even just a later one that red hat is not using yet, say 2.4.20, would it affect my system. In other words, when I say standard release, one that red hat has not released through their update feature, nor supported. thanks Greg
The RedHat kernel tree differs from the "standard" (i.e Linus' tree) in that they include many extra features. It is most likely that your machine will run with a standard kernel but some of the more esoteric peripherals may not work. My particular example is that of the Hauppage video grabber - there is no support by default in a standard kernel (you have to apply the relevant patches yourself) but a RedHat kernel runs it fine because RedHat include the bttv drivers in their kernel. So unless you are doing something really unusual with your machine a standard kernel will run it - or at least not break it - and you can always reboot to a RH kernel if the standard one doesn't work out. Of course the RH update will no longer do kernel upgrades so you are on your own when it comes to kernel security.... 0,1 nick@nexnix -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
