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* Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 see my root partition?
  @ 2007-02-04  9:09 99%         ` Bruce Munro
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From: Bruce Munro @ 2007-02-04  9:09 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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! ;-)

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2007-02-03 17:20     ` Joe Menola
2007-02-03 20:36       ` Neil Walker
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