Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel
On 2008-04-21 10:21 +0200, Steven Jones wrote:
> David Baron wrote:
>> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable
>> with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable
>> ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I
>> had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play
>> with other shells a bit but it was a real mess until I realized that
>> the env variable was at fault!
>>
>>
>
> Ok, so I am "stuck" with sarge? no huge biggee...later when I can
> afford a pair of 500gb sata's it means a rebuild....no huge issue
> right now.
No, Etch is supposed to work with a 2.4 kernel. Beware that you will
have to install and boot a 2.6 kernel _before_ you can upgrade to Lenny.
Sven
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