From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751449AbWDWT3v (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:29:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751448AbWDWT3v (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:29:51 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:47631 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751449AbWDWT3v (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:29:51 -0400 Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:29:49 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Fernando Barsoba Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: installing older kernel (2.4.20/28 on machine running 2.6.15) Message-ID: <20060423192949.GA13666@stusta.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 02:38:57PM -0400, Fernando Barsoba wrote: > Hi, Hi Fernando, > Is it possible to install 2.4.28 on machine with 2.6.15? I am getting > contradictory statements regarding this issue, like it is not possible to > install an older version of kernel on machine running a much newer version. > Is that true? it is possible since installing a kernel is independent of the currently running kernel. The question is whether your userspace (IOW: your distribution) supports kernel 2.4.28. > tnx, > Fernando cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed