kernel compile

kernel compile

[Allison]

Hi,

Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
And use the new image successfully ?

thanks,
Allison

Re: kernel compile

[Alexander Samad]

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Hi

Should not be a problem as the compilation doesn't use any part of the
running kernel. As long as you have the required components

Alex

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> And use the new image successfully ?
> 
> thanks,
> Allison
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Re: kernel compile

[Adrian Bunk]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> And use the new image successfully ?

It doesn't matter what the system you are compiling on is running.

> thanks,
> Allison

cu
Adrian

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Re: kernel compile

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 20:17 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Allison wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is it possible to compile a 2.4.20 kernel on a 2.6 system ?
> > And use the new image successfully ?
> 
> It doesn't matter what the system you are compiling on is running.

... as long as you have a modutils installed that can deal with 2.4
kernels. Not all distros that ship 2.6 ship a modutils that does...