[dundee] LFS

Andrew Clayton andrew at digital-domain.net
Fri Apr 11 00:31:16 BST 2008


On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:13:50 +0100, Nistur wrote:

> With coursework deadlines almost over for me I'm ready to start
> thinking seriously about the LFS project. I think I may have a
> different plan for me. I now have this old laptop I think I'm going
> to try it on that, however it's obviously not that high spec... so
> the newest LFS build would probably kill it dead. The recommended
> Linux distro for the time (with guides to getting the strange S3 chip
> setup) was RH6.2, which installs with a 2.2.14 kernel. LFS 1.3 works
> on a 2.2.14 kernel so I think this might be something pleasantly
> different from the 2.6 I've been used to :P I don't know, first of
> all, what are the major differences between 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6? What

Hmm, quite a lot... try these for some quick overviews...

http://kniggit.net/wwol22.html
http://kniggit.net/wwol24.html
http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html

And if you want fairly detailed 2.6 changelogs

http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges


Andrew


 



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