From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261488AbTDQOMD (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:12:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261489AbTDQOMD (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:12:03 -0400 Received: from uni03du.unity.ncsu.edu ([152.1.13.103]:51073 "EHLO uni03du.unity.ncsu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261488AbTDQOMC (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:12:02 -0400 From: jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:23:56 -0400 To: Robert Love Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RedHat 9 and 2.5.x support Message-ID: <20030417142356.GA7195@ncsu.edu> References: <20030416165408.GD30098@wind.cocodriloo.com> <1050511742.15637.24.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1050511742.15637.24.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 12:49:02PM -0400, Robert Love wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 12:54, Antonio Vargas wrote: > > > I've just installed RedHat 9 on my desktop machine and I'd like > > if it will support running under 2.5.65+ instead of his usual > > 2.4.19+. > > Other than modutils(*) there are no issues with RH9 and 2.5. I am > running RH9 with 2.5 on my daily workstation. I have a related question. While I am confident I can get RH9 to work with a 2.5 kernel, I would like to do this in such a way that booting into a 2.4 kernel still works, and installing updated 2.4 kernel RPMs from Red Hat also continues to work. I would also like to avoid making any changes that prevent me from upgrading to the next RH release. I assume I can accomplish this by only making changes that involve installing rpms rather than installing programs directly. I am not confident I can accomplish all this, having failed in my attempt with RH8 :-) Can anyone comment on the feasibility of this? Thanks, Jim