From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751625AbVIZJtx (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:49:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751627AbVIZJtx (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:49:53 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57245 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751623AbVIZJtw (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:49:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Kernel Compilation Question From: Alan Cox To: "Woody.Wu" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <7567C3A4682B894C99E5E16494442680010AD310@cnzhuex01.cn.landisgyr.com> References: <7567C3A4682B894C99E5E16494442680010AD310@cnzhuex01.cn.landisgyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:16:50 +0100 Message-Id: <1127729811.26820.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2005-09-26 at 09:00 +0200, Woody.Wu wrote: > and think i can build a kernel in another newer system (a slackware > running 2.6.x) and copy needed stuff over to the old box. is it > possible? if so, what stuff i have to copy from the newer box to the > old box? what i can imaged by far are: the bzImage file, the Possible but there is so much stuff that has changed (and 6.x has no updates any more for security fixes). I do a series of CD updates from 6.2 to 7.3, then 7.3 to 9 then 9 to Fedora Core 2, and FC2 to FC3 - If I had to do it that way. But really it'll be quicker to back it up reinstall and restore users/config/filestore