[vdr] Re: Linux Distribution

[schimmi@t-online.de (=?iso-8859-15?Q?J=FCrgen_Schilling?=)]

> Jürgen Schilling wrote:
>
> > Hallo,
> >
> > I am new to VDR and I just start to build my hardware. Linux is not a
> > problem for me, because I have years of experiences with Linux, but
> > what is the best distribution choice for VDR? Red Hat 8.0 or Suse 8.1?
> > What distributions are used with VDR?
> >
>
Wolfgang wrote:
> You may have problems with the heavily patched vendor kernels when
> trying to compile/load the DVB drivers. I am running SuSE 8.0, and got
> missing references when loading the DVB modules on the 8.0 standard
> kernel. An unmodified kernel 2.4.20 worked. Presently I am running the
> SuSE 8.1 kernel on my 8.0, that's working too. So a SuSE 8.1 should be
> fine.
Thanks! I see that Red Hat 8.0 does not have reiser FS support. Suse 8.1
with an unmodified kernel 2.4.xx will be the better choice.

Merry Christmas!
Juergen
---
Ausgehende Mail ist zertifiziert virenfrei.
Überprüft durch AVG Antivirus System (http://www.grisoft.com/de).
Version: 6.0.417 / Virendatenbank: 233 - Erstellungsdatum: 08.11.2002



-- 
Info:
To unsubscribe send a mail to listar@linuxtv.org with "unsubscribe vdr" as subject.