I'm not really trying to back out of the 2.4 kernel. If I have to, I
will simply reinstall Mandrake 8.0. If nothing else, I'll go back to
7.2. What I want to know is, is there an option to select the 2.2.19
kernel on Mandrake 8.0, and if so, how do I go about installing it?
Thanks,
Aaron
John Wolford wrote:
>
> Aaron, you'll probably have to "downgrade" manually. You can install kernels through
>doing some
> rpm work or by installing it manually from a .tar.gz file or some such thing.
>
> There are numerous howtos for this. You shouldn't need to up/downgrade anything else
>to do it
> (does anyone else know about this?) so it should just be a "simple install".
>
> %->,
> j
>
> --- "Aaron J. Ginn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I finally installed Mandrake 8.0 last night. I intended to install the
> > 2.2.19 kernel with it because I have a legacy application that the 2.4
> > kernel is incompatible with. Unfortunately, I never saw a dialog box
> > asking me which kernel I wanted to install. I did choose expert
> > install, but I didn't see any place where I could specify what kernel to
> > use. Did I just miss it? How do you select the 2.2.19 kernel with
> > Mandrake 8.0? Right now I have a nice-looking box that I really can't
> > use because my primary application, a VPN client, won't work with it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> >
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