new slackware was(Re: [ale] Linux at Weather.com)

phrostie pfrostie at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 22 07:21:39 EDT 2001


i know the new slackware has XFree 4.x but does it have an option for the 
older 3.3.6?  4.x does not support my favorite modes/hardware.

On Sunday 22 July 2001 06:34, you wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 03:38:30 -0400, Greg wrote:
> >During the *ahem Mandrake 8.0* install (which I did twice tonight for
> >practice) one can install the reiserfs file system.  When you are
> >partitioning the disk you select "reiserfFS" .  I think that you can do it
> >also in Red Hat 7.1, Caldera and Mandrake 7.2 also.
>
> And also in Slackware 8.0, if you choose Kernel 2.4.5, instead of the
> default 2.2.19.  Note that this requires using a 2.4.5 boot disk (or
> choosing a 2.4.5 kernel when booting from CDROM) *and* remembering to
> install a 2.4.5 kernel package (which means using either 'menu' or
> 'expert' mode for selecting packages).
>
> Ben
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