I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old Redhat 7.3
and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading to a newer version
(or different distribution) is not an option.
I intend to compile a new kernel (a 2.6.x) and put it on there. What should I
be taking into acc
There are newer 2.4 kernels. Why do you need to use 2.6?
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Aviram Jenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old Redhat 7.3
> and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading to a newer version
> (or diff
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:53:25PM +0300, Aviram Jenik wrote:
> I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old
> Redhat 7.3 and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading
> to a newer version (or different distribution) is not an option.
>
> I intend to compile a new
See the kernel-source/Documentation/Changes file; it has a list of
requirements.
On Wednesday 02 April 2008 21:53, Aviram Jenik wrote:
> I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old Redhat
> 7.3 and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading to a newer
> version (or
Even the latest 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to support our SATA hard drive.
- Aviram
On Wednesday 02 April 2008 22:08:49 Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
> There are newer 2.4 kernels. Why do you need to use 2.6?
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Aviram Jenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a mac
I once did such a thing, and IIRC the main problem was with modutils,
which was replaced by module-init-tools. I'd try installing 7.3 on a
test machine, then use a kernel with all needed drivers compiled in - I
think it will work. If that's not good enough, I'd then compile
module-init-tools and tr
On Wednesday, 2 בApril 2008, Aviram Jenik wrote:
> I intend to compile a new kernel (a 2.6.x) and put it on there.
> What should I be taking into account? Will all the applications work?
The first thing is to replace the old modutils with the newer ones:
- The 2.4 modutils *cannot* be used with 2
Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:53:25PM +0300, Aviram Jenik wrote:
I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old
Redhat 7.3 and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading
to a newer version (or different distribution) is not an option.
I inte
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:27:33PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> What I would suggest is to compile (on another machine) a
> non-modular kernel with everything you need, and install that. No
> initrd, no modules, nothing. I do believe it is the only sane way
> that this endeavor has any chance o
Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
This approach has a non-negligible chance of FAIL. Consider the list
of necessary utilities:
You may well be right, but to me that means just one thing - what Aviram
is trying to do is impossible in a sane way.
As a side note, I don't know why the "user space interfa
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:53:36PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> As a side note, I don't know why the "user space interface" does not
> include those programs (well, I can understand about ext2 tools,
> assuming ext changed format since 2.4, which I don't know whether it
> has).
We don't break
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As a side note, I don't know why the "user space interface" does not
> include those programs (well, I can understand about ext2 tools,
> assuming ext changed format since 2.4, which I don't know whether it
> has). I find it extermely unlikely that pro
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 08:13:19PM -0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> On the device front, the 2.6 kernel has much more knowledge of the
> device internals (a necessity driven, in particular, for
> laptops). Hotplugging is the norm rather than an exception - the
> kernel no longer differentiates betwe
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