Topic: kernel 2.4 and ext3 fs

[ralph]

Hi List,

I've allready searched all the post with no time limit to find out whether anyone has ever moved sme to kernel 2.4 and ext3 fs. Unfortunately no one at all.

So, maybe as an answer to this post, someone can show us the way to light ...

Having round about 400 GB of data plus 200 GB of mails a journaling fs would be highly recommended.

thanks in advance, cheers,

Ralph

[Jon Blakely]

Ralph,

It has been done. Read the below msg

http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo@lists.e-smith.org/msg08692.html

Then get the iso here. Read the read me  first as there are some issues.

ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/contrib/ShadLords/iso/

Jon

[ralph]

Hi Jon,

thanks a lot for your reply - that will preserve me from getting even more grey hair ))

I've allready downloaded the update iso a couple of days ago but not yet had a deeper look inside.

Now I know - which is great.

thanks again, cheerio,

;->> Ralph

[Greg Zartman]

There has been many long discussion on the Mitel devinfo forum on this very topic.  The reason that Mitel has stuck with kernel 2.2.19 for so long is two fold:

1.   Kernel 2.4 had a very bad beginning in terms of stability.  Kernel 2.2.19 was had a proven track record in terms of stability and therefore made better sense in terms of server reliability.  What's interesting is other companies that offer gateway solutions similar to SME are still using Kernel 2.2.19 as well (e.g., Mandrakes Single Network Firewall solution).    So, others seem to be on the same page as Mitel on this topic.

2.  Several of the ipchains solutions that were implemented in SME did not exist for iptables.  Therefore, switching SME to kernel 2.4 would result in a lose of gateway functionality.  

Recent info from the Mitel folks seems to indicate that these two issue have been, or have nearly been, solved.  I'm betting that a version of SME based on kernel 2.4 with a journaling file system isn't far off.

Regards,  

Greg Zartman

[Dan Brown]

Actually, Greg, Mitel folks have said specifically that a 2.4 kernel will be in the next release.  Don't know when that will be, but apparently it will be there.