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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, James Miller wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:58:15PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > > What do I change to make the loop partition read-write?
> >
> > A bug in 2.4.31?  I will try mounting initfs.gz from
> > an ext2 linux booted with 2.4.31, and writing to it.

That worked fine.  gunzipped it first.

> Good idea. I was thinking of proposing something like this. Bear in mind 
> that DSL (so as not to incur sanctions from SPGPACA, I will note that 
> DSL stands for DamnSmallLinux in this instance though, in another 
> context, it could stand for Digital Subscriber Line or heaven knows what 
> else) "downgraded" from the 2.4.3x kernels. For last several releases, 
> they've been using 2.4.26. I think someone onlist (Sheldon?) mentioned 
> previously that the DSL folks had done this because of issues with the 
> newest 2.4.x kernels.

Is there a list of known problems?  I have the kernel source code on the 
SW10.2 (10.1?) CD.

I have run into bugs related to modules not inserting (sound modules 
needing things not listed in modules.dep, usb_serial).  Crashes with any 
wireless card on one computer (where 2.2.26 works fine).

> James