Re: Pre-pre-pre..........alpha

["IDMONNNN" <IDMONNNN@email.msn.com>]

"
Indy having a
leaner and better kernel than RedHat's.  But now there are chances I
will not forget to compile the module about NTFS support.
"

Thanks for the future kernel upgrade in advance!

What is your opinion on CADD programs for Linux?

----- Original Message -----
From: JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>
To: <independence-l@independence.seul.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Pre-pre-pre..........alpha


> >
> > In a message dated 4/16/2000 8:04:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > IDMONNNN@email.msn.com writes:
> >
> > <<  Kernal does not support NTFS >>
> >
> > This message means that you don't have NTFS support compiled into the
kernal.
> >  It's really not too hard to recompile the kernel to include this
support.
> > Just read the how-to and it will fully explain what to do.
> >
>
> Noooooo.  If yuou need to recompile the kernel then don't do it.  What
> you should do is visit the author and shot him for treason.  Ooops
> that is me.  :-) A distribution who ships with mediocre kernels is a
> distribution who doesn't care about people who don't have the time or
> the knowledge to do this.
>
> However the kernel is not the definitive one because I expect
> 2.2.15 being releaswed before Indy.  I want to make Indy having a
> leaner and better kernel than RedHat's.  But now there are chances I
> will not forget to compile the module about NTFS support.  However
> standard Linux is only able to read NTFS file systems because its
> driver is considered not good enough to allow writing.
>
> --
> Jean Francois Martinez
>
> Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
> http://www.independence.seul.org
>