Re: regarding kernel compilation

From: Denis Vlasenko
Date: Tue Sep 20 2005 - 03:58:08 EST


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

Then build them from source. Big deal.

> > > 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 .........

I used distro for installing my Linux box exactly once in my life when
I installed Slackware (IIRC it was Slack 7). It got heavily modified
over time...
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