2007/8/19, Dimitrios Apostolou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Roman Kyrylych wrote:
> > 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.
[...]
> > 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).
> >
>
> Unfortunately I can't reinstall the system. So if I need to go older
> than 2.6.16 I guess I'll try installing a static /dev filesystem. Any
> ideas how to do that, given that udev is permamently mounted on /dev and
> that I have mostly remote access to this system?
Maybe it's an option to use Qemu (or some other virtualisation package) to
run a 0.7.2 system?
Of course, that would be no option for hardware testing...
Just my 2 cents.
mvg,
Guus
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