Re: 2.6 Kernel and IDE dierect for burners

Audioslave - 7M3 - Live <[email protected]> Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:30:31 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.phoebe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 23:08, Audioslave - 7M3 - Live wrote:
> 
>>Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
>>
>>>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/modutils-2.4.21-17.src.rpm
>>>
>>>This should work :-) ... at least, I'm using them with no problem.
>>
>>If the 2.4.24-1 version does not work. I will try the version that you 
>>recommended. Regarding installing different versions, instead of 
>>upgrading. Is it possible to install several versions and not have them 
>>interfere with each other? I've been upgrading, not installing.
> 
> 
> I think that's not possible, since different releases collide with files
> like insmod or modprobe. But don't worry with compatibility, since the
> above URL includes a special version of lsmod, insmod, modprobe, etc.
> that automatically detect whether you're running a 2.5 kernel, or, if
> running a 2.4 kernel, provide the old functionality.
> 
> All in all, with Rusty's modutils SRPMS, you can safely dual boot
> between a 2.4 and a 2.5 kernel with no problems,

Thanks! I'll just keep the one version installed. Since it was kernel 
related, I wasn't sure if it could choose the desired versions and 
disregard the other versions or not.

Jim


> 
> 
>>I hope the polishing gets done soon. It will be great to see the kernel 
>>in action. regardles of it's unpolished edges.
>>
>>I hope the compilation works for this round. I'm about ready to try to 
>>compile it again. Eventually, it might work for me.
> 
> 
> Good luck :-)
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
>         Felipe Alfaro Solana
>    Linux Registered User #287198
> http://counter.li.org
> 
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