Re: [arch] booting with old kernels: Verdict

2007-08-22 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
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 a

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-22 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Roman Kyrylych wrote: > 2007/8/22, Dimitrios Apostolou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> There are 2 issues that certainly affect the age of the kernel you can use: >> >> 1) glibc, mostly (only?) because of the linuxthreads to NPTL migration. >> You can't use glibc>2.3 without an NPTL supporting kernel, whic

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-22 Thread Thomas Bächler
Dimitrios Apostolou schrieb: > Another issue which I haven't yet found out why it happens is probably > the greatest obstacle. All binaries require at least kernel 2.6.6 to run: > > $ file /bin/bash > /bin/bash: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for > GNU/Linux 2.6.6, dyn

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-22 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2007/8/22, Dimitrios Apostolou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There are 2 issues that certainly affect the age of the kernel you can use: > > 1) glibc, mostly (only?) because of the linuxthreads to NPTL migration. > You can't use glibc>2.3 without an NPTL supporting kernel, which is > version 2.6. > 2) ude

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-21 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
There are 2 issues that certainly affect the age of the kernel you can use: 1) glibc, mostly (only?) because of the linuxthreads to NPTL migration. You can't use glibc>2.3 without an NPTL supporting kernel, which is version 2.6. 2) udev, which needs the new uevent subsystem, introduced in kernel

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-21 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Guus Snijders wrote: > 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

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-21 Thread Guus Snijders
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 > >>> li

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-19 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
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 bo

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-18 Thread Roman Kyrylych
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

Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-17 Thread James Rayner
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 o

[arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-17 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
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