Re: [Rule-list] better kernels?

[Devon]

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On Thursday 28 March 2002 06:52 pm, Martin Stricker wrote:
> Richard Kweskin wrote:
> > Otherwise, you should use 2.4.10+ (2.4.13 is latest) LT-series kernel
> > which implements an improved 2.2 VM subsystem versus the Riel VM
> > subsystem introduced with 2.4.
>
> Yes, the new VM is really nice (while the old one was a nightmare). The
> only problem is: RULE is fucused on people having the original Red Hat
> Linux CDs. So RULE has to use the kernel from the CDs... However,
> everyone is free to upgrade afterwards!

True, but the slinky installer has no problem using a more recent kernel. 
Currently the installer uses a rebuilt 2.4.9-31 kernel for the install 
process. (and then installs kernel 2.4.7-10) 

I don't know that changing kernels will have any real effect at the 
memory limits we are dealing with. Booting slinky at 4M and turning on 
swap, if you then try to run the installer, the kernel begins killing 
processes. (If the command being run is 'cat file | grep string', you see 
a message like "out of memory: killing grep" At 4M, there is just so much 
that you can actually swap out. :)

For the current installer 6M looks like the low limit.
Not that it matters, the installed system needs 8M to boot.
Yes, this is a newly discoverd fact. ;)

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