Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263121AbUDAWZx (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:25:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263130AbUDAWZx (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:25:53 -0500 Received: from harddata.com ([216.123.194.198]:64485 "EHLO mail.harddata.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263121AbUDAWZs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:25:48 -0500 From: Mark Organization: Hard Data Ltd To: lkml Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.4.25 to 2.6.4 kernel Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:24:12 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <20040401205344.546715FB7B@mail.metropipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20040401205344.546715FB7B@mail.metropipe.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404011524.12034.mark@harddata.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1562 Lines: 47 On April 1, 2004 03:49 pm, "Job 317" wrote: > Hello list. > > Can someone please point me to a HOWTO on installing a 2.6.x kernel on a > system that heretofore runs a 2.4.x kernel? http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799 BTW Google is your friend here. Do a search for 2.6 HOWTO and that link is the first one on the list. > > NOT a howto on building the kernel. I'm o.k. there. But I understand > that it is not the same upgrading to a 2.6.x kernel as it is just > upgrading to the next 2.4.x kernel. Is this correct? No, a 2.6 kernel will run without changes to RedHat 9 but some changes should be made. > Aren't there > startup scripts and things that rely on the 2.4.x structure that change > slightly for a 2.6.x kernel? > Yes, check out the link above. There are also some links to RedHat 9 specific instructions. > !!!!Also... is it possible to still to boot back to a 2.4.x kernel in > this case? Yep you can still run a 2.4.x kernel. > Lets say I keep my 2.4.25 kernel that I built on my RedHat 9 > box. Can I also boot to and from my 2.6.x kernel? Yes -- Mark Lane, CET mailto:mark@harddata.com Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3 --> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <-- - 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/