Re: regarding kernel compilation

[Fawad Lateef]

On 9/20/05, Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 September 2005 10:11, Fawad Lateef wrote:
> > I don't think you will be able to compile 2.4 kernel on to the 2.6
> > kernel based distro .... as in 2.6 based distro, mod-utils and other
> 
> 2.6 modutils (module-init-tools to be exact) fall back to <toolname>.old
> (by just exec'ing it) if those exist.
> 

you are right, but if they exists .... but what IIRC I havn't found
them on FC4/RH EL4 distributions .....

> > packages are updated and will only support 2.6 based kernel .... So
> 
> Not true. I compiled 2.4 kernels on 2.6 machine without any problems.
> 
On which distribution 2.6 based you compiled and succesfully run 2.4
kernel ??? b/c its not working on FC3/FC4/AS4 .........

-- 
Fawad Lateef
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