Re: Help! Everything is crashing!

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:25:49 +0000 (GMT)


> I think there is a new teardrop-like bug in the the 2.0.x kernels. The
> reason I think so follows..

I dont think so. I've certainly seen no supporting evidence that 2.0.33
boxes are crashing for those kind of reasons.

> One other thing.. most of my servers are based on Redhat 3.0.3, where the
> only upgrades that have been done were because of security bugs. Can I
> expect upgrading to RedHat 5.0 or 4.2 to make things more stable?

It shouldnt make any odds unless you've missed security patches, in which
case your boxes may well be crashing because you have about 500 guest root
users ;)

Alan

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