[Gloucs] 2.6

[Simon]

I recently took the bull by the horns and installed 2.6.1 on my test
Slackware box, it seems to work fine and apart from a couple of problems
with my USB mouse I have found it to be very stable.

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Calder" <iain.calder at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Gloucestershire LUG" <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] 2.6


> Guy Edwards wrote:
>
> >Just a short question....
> >
> >Any success stories with upgrading to kernel 2.6 in the LUG yet? Anyone
> >running it?
> >
> >Guy
> >
> >
> Been running it since it was released, on a Debian unstable box.  No
> problems apart from converting /etc/modules.conf to /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> Can't say I've noticed a huge speed increase for general desktop use,
> but my machine boots a few seconds faster and CD/DVD writing seems to
> work much better with no system load apparent even at very high speeds.
> You don't need to use ide-scsi emulation any more and can write straight
> to devices e.g. /dev/hdb
>
> Iain
>
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