[SOLVED] can 2.6 kernel be installed on fedora 16 which comes with kernel 3.0

teja_vijjapu · 01-26-2012, 08:46 AM

i am doing an academic project on filesystems of kernel version 2.6,but the thing is i have installed fedora 16 with kernel 3.0.1 on my new laptop with core i7 processor.Is there any possibility to install kernel version 2.6 in fedora 16.

andrewthomas · 01-26-2012, 10:12 AM

Very easily.

Either compile your own vanilla kernel from kernel.org or use

http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/pa...3.fc15.src.rpm

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/b...buildID=294920

along with

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel

teja_vijjapu · 01-26-2012, 11:51 AM

thank you andrewthomas for your reply. i have one more small doubt, by doing the process given by u am i completely going to shift my kernel version to 2.6 or else both of my kernels will exist simultaneously.If so my kernel is going to shift to 2.6 from 3.0.1 am i going to loose any of the features of fedora 16.Please clarify, apologies if my question is a silly one.

andrewthomas · 01-26-2012, 07:33 PM

You will be able to choose which kernel you want to use at boot and will probably not be able to tell the difference.