On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Vladimir "Equidamoid" Shapranov <equidam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to run some recent software on a legacy server running 2.4.18 > kernel. Sadly it is not possible to rebuild the sotware to run natively > with that kernel (our code requires boost, boost requires gcc 4.5+, > gcc4.5+ doesn't like old glibc and recent glibc doesnt build for 2.4 > kernel). > So I'm trying to run UML 2.6 kernel on 2.4 system. I tried prebuilt > 2.6.27 kernel from (http://uml.devloop.org.uk/kernels.html) but it > refused to run on 2.4 ("ERROR: kernel too old"). Next, I tried to build > it on the Debian Woody VM with gcc 2.95 & 3.4 and glibc 2.2 but got > dozens of errors. > Is it possible to build and run 2.6 on 2.4? What environment is > required? What are the limitations if any?
Hmm, running 2.6/3 on 2.4 would be challenging. I'd try to use qemu-system-XY. -- Thanks, //richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
