From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HDdSZ-0007Sn-EL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:14:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l149Dog3031637; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 09:13:50 GMT Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1499qJF027038 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 09:09:52 GMT Received: from [172.23.170.137] (helo=anti-virus01-08) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HDdNg-00036V-Cz for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:09:52 +0000 Received: from [80.193.42.165] (helo=[80.193.42.165]) by asmtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1HDdNg-0008R8-0Q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:09:52 +0000 Message-ID: <45C5A2DF.1020006@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:09:51 +0000 From: Bruce Munro User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061222) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 see my root partition? References: <1170522392.14753.8.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <200702031120.40059.menola@sbcglobal.net> <45C4F250.8060306@ep.mine.nu> <45C4F72E.3050707@aim.com> <45C55A5E.3050901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45C55A5E.3050901@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 534e8e19-8d91-42dc-8a51-2ea8a7ca3be5 X-Archives-Hash: 36352307dba48afa833b5c2c1f93304e b.n. wrote: > Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. ha scritto: > >> Why and when to UPGRADE the kernel? > > Basically, when you need to. > I lived with 2.6.16 until two weeks ago, and before 2.6.16 I lived with > 2.6.12 much longer. > > If you don't feel the need of a new kernel, I don't see any reason to > upgrade. A famous British mountaineer, George Mallory, who made several attempts on Mt. Everest, and was eventually killed on the mountain, was once asked why he was so determined to climb the peak. His answer? "Because it is there." Surely a very similar argument applies to Gentoo users and new Linux kernels! ;-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list