[linux-help] Re: Which kernel?

["adithya" <adithya111@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi ,
I have upgraded my kernel from 2.2.5 to 2.2.16 with out a problem and It
does has support for
ATAPI tape drive.
Mostly it supports firewalling and also transparent proxying.
But I saw there are some security bugs for the kernels before that if you
use send mail.
So I recomend you upgrade it to 2.2.18 because 2.2.17 also has some bugs it
seems.
if you want to use the IPMASQ and ATAPI tape drive just say Y to where it
matters when you
configure the new kernel.
So I think 2.2.18 will play the trick for you.
And you can install a relevent patch too.
Bye ,
Sudharsha.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:44 AM
Subject: [linux-help] Which kernel?


>
>Okay... I've been running Linux for a few years now and have been running
>a public server for over two.  And I'm still running kernel 2.0.36, since
>I've not been pressed to upgrade and I hate to mess with a stable
>configuration.  (I'm on a PII-class machine.)  I'm pretty Linux-savvy, but
>I don't follow the kernel discussion at all and am kind of in the dark
>here.  www.kernel.org doesn't say anything useful about choosing a kernel.
>
>Now I'm needing to do VPN stuff that requires at least 2.0.38 or patches
>to 2.0.36.  So I need to rebuild the kernel and disrupt my stable
>environment... time to evaluate where I ought to go.  I'm also installing
>an ATAPI tape drive, having problems with my ATAPI CDROM, and wondering if
>a newer kernel won't have newer modules that fix some of my problems.
>
>I have a test box when I can build a new kernel on, including testing
>IPmasq and PPTP, etc so I can play around without risk to my stable
>environment.
>
>The curent "stable" version is 2.4.4... sounds like a far cry from 2.0.36.
>Is this release really considered stable by the general Linux public?
>
>Debian 2.2 (potato) contains 2.2.19pre17... is the 2.2.x series considered
>preferable to the 2.4.x series right now?  Is there a generally "accepted"
>kernel in use, much like 2.0.36 was pretty much "the" kernel for awhile?
>
>Thanks for your advice.
>
>--
>Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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>
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