that depmod version 2.4.25 etc. exceeds the modutils 0.9.10 required by Documentation/Changes. Therefore here I now mention:
Lately I saw module-init-tools-3.0.tar.gz support build and install of both lk 2.6 and 2.4 in Fedora with no more modutils install work than:
./configure --prefix=/ make ./depmod -V
sudo make moveold sudo make install
That experience may restore to truth the myth of this being easy, provided you remember never to repeat the install procedure, and to choose --prefix=/ only if you do mean to install over /sbin.
Pat LaVarre
P.S.
Key secrets may include:
a) The FAQ for to 2.6 from 2.4 appears intermittently in places like:
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt
b) That FAQ tells us some mkinitrd don't find .ko in /lib/modules
c) make of newer 2.6 kernels complains of the wrong modutils.
d) Workarounds exist for grub boot failing when root=LABEL=/.
e) ./configure often exists.
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