[Techtalk] Is Linux 2.4.18 Really That Unstable?

[Lorne Gutz]

Julie,

      We have been using 2.4.18 for about a year now.   It is
presently on 10 - 20 computers.  Before that we used 2.2.16
which is still on 30 or more computers.

      I believe your problem is with ext3.  We use ext2, and I
don't believe we have had a crash that could be attributed
to 2.4.18
 
	We did some testing of ext3, but they were abandoned 
rather quickly.  ext3 is not a mature produce yet.

cheers
Lorne

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 00:08, Julie wrote:
> Greets,
>
> I'm having near-constant crashes from 2.4.18.  I upgraded from 2.4.2-2
> so I could get ext3 support without all the hassle and I'm getting
> tired of the crashes, which don't seem resolved in 2.4.19 either.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for "ultra-stable" releases beyond
> 2.4.18?  I see that Red Hat 7.3 is shipping with 2.4.8-3 or 2.4.8-10
> (I forget which), but before I upgrade kernels =again= I'd like to
> know that I'm going to some that's going to stay up for a while.

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