From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Fernando Barsoba <fbarsoba@hotmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: installing older kernel (2.4.20/28 on machine running 2.6.15)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:26:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lktupvog.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060423202657.GD14680@redhat.com> (Dave Jones's message of "23 Apr 2006 21:28:31 +0100")
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!
--
`On a scale of 1-10, X's "brokenness rating" is 1.1, but that's only
because bringing Windows into the picture rescaled "brokenness" by
a factor of 10.' --- Peter da Silva
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-24 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-23 18:38 Fernando Barsoba
2006-04-23 19:29 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-04-23 19:39 ` Fernando Barsoba
2006-04-23 20:26 ` Dave Jones
2006-04-23 20:46 ` Fernando Barsoba
2006-04-24 20:26 ` Nix [this message]
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