2007/8/18, James Rayner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, August 18, 2007 10:21, Dimitrios Apostolou wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > for testing purposes I need to boot my arch system using old versions of > > linux. However, because of udev and libc, I doubt I'll be able to boot > > old enough kernels. > > > > So what is the oldest kernel that should work out of the box with > > current archlinux? What are the problems and how can they be surpassed > > (static /dev perhaps)? What about linux 2.4? Would I need to compile an > > old, linuxthreads-capable glibc? In that case would the whole system > > need rebuilding? > > Depends how you're running that kernel. > > I built and booted 2.6.16.y fine not long ago, though I did not use > mkinitcpio with it, avoiding any possible problems there. > > Older than that, and you'll start having problems. 2.4 will not work with > our glibc. Others will have issues with udev. >
Maybe just install another system from 0.7.2 iso where there are 2.6.16.18 and 2.4.32 kernels (if this does not limit your testing procedure). -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич) _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
