Dear Eric:
Thank you for your quick reply.
We will take your suggestion into account.
Best Regards,
******************************
Harry(Haruyuki) Nakayama
NetOneSystems
Tel: +81-3-5462-0821 ext.3110
E-Mail: h-nakayama@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Sandeen" <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
To: <xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <h-nakayama@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [xfs-masters] 2.4.21 or 2.4.27
> I would suggest using the kernels at
> ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/testing/release-1.3.3-pre2/kernels/RHEL/
>
> These are modified RHEL kernels (somewhat out of date; will put newer
> ones up soon) with much newer XFS code. The kernels have some other
> modifications besides xfs; you may wish to look at the .spec file for
> which patches have been added.
>
> (Of course using these kernels will also mean that you give up Red Hat
> support for them, but it's much closer to stock RHEL than a plain 2.4.27
> kernel).
>
> Regards,
> -Eric
>
> Harry Nakayama wrote:
>
> > Dear Sirs:
> >
> > We are wondering if we should switch kernel from 2.4.21 to 2.4.27.
> >
> > We are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 3. Its base kernel version
is
> > 2.4.21 and Red Hat supports only this kernel version. We would like to
> > install XFS on these servers with 2.4.21 kernels, but as far as we see
the
> > ChangeLog of the latest version 2.4.27, there seems to be many fixes for
> > XFS.
> >
> > Is it possible to install XFS onto 2.4.21?
> > What is the major issues we would have if we would not upgrade the
kernel
> > 2.4.21 to 2.4.27?
> > What is your recommendation? Give up Red Hat's support and take the
latest
> > kernel?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > ******************************
> > Harry(Haruyuki) Nakayama
> > NetOneSystems
> > Tel: +81-3-5462-0821 ext.3110
> > E-Mail: h-nakayama@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ******************************
> >
>
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