On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 20:49, Ken Shirriff wrote: > I can just compile and install the kernel and then reboot > my system running 2.6, but I'm not sure that's the best approach. > The problem I'm trying to avoid is that 2.6 requires new > ipchains, module-init-tools, etc. Installing all these has > a risk of messing up Red Hat 9, if anything is not backwards > compatible. I could be wrong, but I think everything is backward compatible. One counterexample is module-init-tools, but it installs in a way such that it falls back to the old versions. I have been going between 2.4 and 2.5 for years now. A more safe suggestion is to install Fedora. They are moving it over to 2.6, and it works with both kernels. Rob Love -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
