From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751223AbWDXU0Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:26:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751241AbWDXU0Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:26:24 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:54533 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751223AbWDXU0W (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:26:22 -0400 To: Dave Jones Cc: Fernando Barsoba , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: installing older kernel (2.4.20/28 on machine running 2.6.15) References: <20060423192949.GA13666@stusta.de> <20060423202657.GD14680@redhat.com> From: Nix X-Emacs: because editing your files should be a traumatic experience. Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:26:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20060423202657.GD14680@redhat.com> (Dave Jones's message of "23 Apr 2006 21:28:31 +0100") Message-ID: <87lktupvog.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.19 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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