Re: Linux Kernel 2.4.18 and 2.4.19 problems

Thomas Langås (tlan@stud.ntnu.no)
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:55:07 +0200


Austin Gonyou:
> Use SGI's XFS installer and move to XFS on those boxen. You will not be
> unhappy.

We're using reiserfs, and converting to XFS is out of the question,
sorry.

> Second suggestion, once you've installed a RH 7.3 XFS installed box,
> then go get 2.4.18-aa and recompile that and use it.
> You will need to make a change to the scsi_scan.c file to add
> BLIST_LARGELUN support to which ever devices you're using.

Why? The vanilla kernel works fine with what we have in production,
but not with the new P4 Dual Xeon.

> (or use the 2.4.19-rc1-aa2 since it might be done already, assuming your
> using PV250's and up)

PV? No, we're not using Dell's storage solutions, only their servers.

-- 
Thomas
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