Re: [coLinux-users] colinux & debian etch

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Hello,

baldyeti wrote:
> Thanks Henri. But Woody and 2.4.x kernels are definitely
> even older than the sarge I want to replace! Etch comes with
> a 2.6.18 kernel and uses udev - that was my primary concern.
> So I if read you correctly, colinux 0.7.0 will come with a
> 2.6.12 kernel

that's true.
colinux 0.7.1 has kernel 2.6.12, udev is not enabled.

> - what does colinux 0.8.x use? Can I expect
> 2.6.12 to play nicely with the debian 4 startup sequence,
> and udev on the fly device creation

You should use coLinux 0.8.0, from snapshot 20070302
http://www.colinux.org/snapshots  or
http://www.henrynestler.com/colinux/testing/devel-0.8.0/20070302-Snapshot/

This is kernel 2.6.17 and udev is enabled.
Newer kernel are not available.

> Also here there tentative release dates for the upcoming 0.7
> and 0.8 versions?

The 0.7.1 release hangs on a liddle bug while shutting down ('halt'). 
This is typicaly under Vista or some times under heavy memory usage in 
XP (XP with 256MB and coLinux configured mem=128 or more).  Mostly if 
using initrd.  The condition for the bug is very clear, I have no idea 
to fix.  Grep in the devel list to read more.

The 0.8.0 has very long time before release.  You can still use the 
snapshots from http://www.colinux.org/snapshots, they tends to run good.

-- 
Henry