Re: installing older kernel (2.4.20/28 on machine running 2.6.15)

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On 23 Apr 2006, Dave Jones prattled cheerily:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:39:23PM -0400, Fernando Barsoba wrote:
>  > Adrian,
>  > 
>  > Thanks a lot for your answer. I am trying to install it on fedora 5. I 
>  > guess i should ask fedora forum about this matter.
> 
> Give up now.  There's no static /dev, no 2.4 compatible modutils,
> and a slew of other bits of userspace will be too new.

A rather more important piece is 2.6-only, IIRC: glibc!

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