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Re: [Xen-users] basic question on how to compile 2.4 xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] basic question on how to compile 2.4 xen
From: Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:50:15 +0200
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On Thursday 21 July 2005 13:39, Shahzad Chohan wrote:

> Can someone help me figure out a way to compile a 2.4 kernel in a 2.6
> system. Basically it keeps failing because it needs the genksyms
> package, which is provided in the modutils package from redhat, but
> obviously this isn't presetn on the 2.6 kernel.

Well, genksyms is present on my 2.6 systems, so I'd say redhat is at fault 
here for not providing it any more. (or they did it intentionally to prevent 
ppl from running old 2.4 kernels with their new distros)

If you install genksyms, does the kernel compile then?

Does your distro run at all with a 2.4 kernel? depending on how they 
configured their glibc, it might not even start with a 2.4 kernel...


/Ernst

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