Hi,
Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
And use the new image successfully ?
thanks,
Allison
Hi
Should not be a problem as the compilation doesn't use any part of the
running kernel. As long as you have the required components
Alex
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> And use the new image successfully ?
>
> thanks,
> Allison
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On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> And use the new image successfully ?
It doesn't matter what the system you are compiling on is running.
> thanks,
> Allison
cu
Adrian
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On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 20:17 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> > And use the new image successfully ?
>
> It doesn't matter what the system you are compiling on is running.
... as long as you have a modutils installed that can deal with 2.4
kernels. Not all distros that ship 2.6 ship a modutils that does...