Re: [Off-Topic] Distribution 2.2-ready

Ben Hutchings (womble@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 03:09:30 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Thomas Pornin wrote:

> In article <12415372204663@editel.com.br> you write:
> > Is there any linux distribution 2.2-ready, that cames with
> > updated-binutils, updated-pppd, and so on, to match 2.2 requeriments?
>
> RedHat 5.2 is supposed to be such a beast. Installed it three days ago.
> Compiled and booted fine. Seems ok. Haven't tried ppp though (I own no
> modem -- my "net access" is a zip drive, and another one in my lab).

util-linux is out of date (2.8? not 2.9g) and cannot create large swap
partitions. SysVinit is out of date (can't remember the version) and
can't specify power-off.

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