[vdr] Re: Maxtor 160 GB

[Andreas Schultz <aschultz@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>]

Ralf Spitzauer wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org]On Behalf Of
>>Andreas Schultz
>>Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 12:07 PM
>>To: vdr@linuxtv.org
>>Subject: [vdr] Re: Maxtor 160 GB
>>
>>
>>Christoph Roell wrote:
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>>>Am Sonntag, 3. März 2002 11:10 schrieben Sie:
>>>
>>[...]
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>>>>I think now it´s for shure that I need a newer kernel or a patch when I
>>>>whant to use full Capacity.
>>>>Unfortunatly I´m nearly a Linux Newbee. I´ve never build a
>>>>
>>kernel by myself
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>>>>and I never patched a kernel. So I need some help or I have to
>>>>
>>wait for a
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>>>>SuSe-Update or new Version.
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>SuSE provides a 2.4.16 Kernel in update section on the ftp sites.
>>>
>>Just checked it, and i doubt that it will work. It definetly hasn't got
>>the lba48 patch. A quick check shows that it is also not included in
>>2.4.19pre2. There is a patch from Andre Hendrik for 2.4.18 that includes
>>it, also the latest aa kernel include it as well.
>>
>>So, you have 2 choices, get
>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.18.bz2,
>>and either:
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>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.4.18/i
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> de.2.4.18-rc1.02152002.patch.bz2
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> or:
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> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.19-pre2.bz2
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/2.4.19/patch-2.
> 4.19-pre2-ac2.bz2
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> Andreas
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> So first I have to update kernel to 2.4.18 and then patch with
> ide.2.4.18-rc1.02152002.patch.
> Is that right?

mostly, you should move the old kernel sources out of way before 
extracting the newer sources.

Andreas
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> Ralf
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