[Techtalk] Is Linux 2.4.18 Really That Unstable?

[kath at skatha.net]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, 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.
> 

Our backup software was failing with RedHat's 2.4.8-14. That we 
did not see in 2.4.8-10.  Details at 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75107

Our programmer got around it by imitating some ideas in the source of 
procps.

So without knowing much about the ins and outs of various kernels, I would 
weigh in for 2.4.8-10 having had good experience with it on various intel 
machines.

Kathy