Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266907AbTGOIi6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 04:38:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266921AbTGOIi5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 04:38:57 -0400 Received: from upco.es ([130.206.70.227]:60005 "EHLO mail1.upco.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266907AbTGOIi4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 04:38:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:53:38 +0200 From: Romano Giannetti To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: requirements for installing a 2.6.0-test kernel.... Message-ID: <20030715085338.GA23789@pern.dea.icai.upco.es> Reply-To: romano@dea.icai.upco.es Mail-Followup-To: Romano Giannetti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200307141659.05451.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> <20030714163749.GC2684@wind.cocodriloo.com> <200307141817.07524.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307141817.07524.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1356 Lines: 37 On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:17:07PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Sure - I'm trying it on Mandrake 9.1 > > I've already had fun with the module_init_tools from > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/ > > Basically after doing the ./configure --prefix=/ && make moveold, I was left > with a bunch of dangling symlinks in /sbin > > I've since grabed the src.rpm from here: > http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/SRPMS/ > and that seems to be behaving a bit more (although I haven't rebooted yet :) > > Everything else is from a standard Mandrake 9.1 install, so I'm using gcc > 3.2.2 and associated gubbins. > I'm also interested (I have a mdk 9.1 installed, too), so please keep us informed. I would like to test 2.6, but I have to do real work too, so I need the ability to switch back safely to a 2.4 kernel... so if you succeed, please share! Thanks a lot! Romano -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/