Re: PROBLEM: 2.2.5 unstable on Dell PC, 2.0.36 is stable

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:56:28 +0100 (BST)

> Well I've eventually managed to get something that boots, secret here is that
> "Enable loadable module support" doesn't and you have to select the "Kernel
> module loader" as well (this is non obvious), but there is nothing I can do to

loadable module support allows module loading, not automatic module loading

> make nfs work with this kernel -- the config just refuses to even offer me
> "nfs server" and xconfig just shows it greyed-out so the rpc.nfsd just gets an
> ENOSYS. (Any suggestions why 2.2.10 does not support nfs serving?????)

Red Hat ships with the updated nfsd, so you need a kernel with that - I'd
recommend HJ Lu's current patch set.

> Looks increasingly like I will have to backoff to redhat 5.2 on these machines.

Ok

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