From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bjorn@mork.no (=?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?=) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 11:06:53 +0200 Subject: How to install a older version kernel on new OS? In-Reply-To: (Gao Peng's message of "Fri, 22 May 2015 16:42:49 +0800") References: Message-ID: <87fv6pkmky.fsf@nemi.mork.no> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Gao Peng writes: > I am using fedora 21,and kernel version is 3.17 but I compile a 2.6.32 > kernel and install it, That does not make sense. Really. > when I reboot I got error :"too old kernel", Which is correct. Note that this is still correct even if you can make that warning go away. > how Can I install a rather older kernel on a new system,is there some > way fix it? Install some ancient distro that came with a 2.6.32 kernel. It will have all the matching userspace applications. But this seems like a complete waste-of-time project. Care to share the reasons why you'd want to do something like that? Bj?rn