On Friday 14 May 2004 10:55, Mark Lanett wrote: >> tree. In fact, maybe that is something I should add -- if you >> want the latest and greatest, the first stop should perhaps be the >> development tree > >/ > >> FC2 Test series. > >I've installed a kernel from FC2, 2.6.5-1.385 I think, into an FC1 > system, and failed to boot. Should it normally work? I tried it on > a real computer and a VMware session and both failed. I forget > where the problem was, alas - not in front of me right now. > >~mark FC1 is by default, setup for kernels in the late 2.4 family, and the modprobe controlling stuff will need updateing before a 2.6 kernel will work. Follow the instructions in the tarball EXACTLY. I'm not quoting the tarballs name because I cannot recall it ATM, but module-init-tools-3.0 comes to mind. That may not be exact :( Basicly, all the stuff in there for that, like insmod, rmmod, modprobe etc get renamed to insmod.old. So the new version is called first, and if it fails, it calls the old version, so its compatible with both kernel series when you are done. I don't know if there is an rpm that will do all that for us or not. If there is, I just *know* somebody will correct me. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
