Slack 9.0 kernel in 9.1

Wolfgang67 · 01-15-2004, 04:51 PM

After reading the monster thread about the Realtek 8180 Wifi chipset (and considering the expiration of the linuxant trial period in a few days) i think that at least for now the only way to keep the card running under Slackware 9.1 is to downgrade to an older kernel. I'm currently running a 2.4.24 kernel. Is it possible to simply download a lets say 2.4.21 kernel for slack 9.0 and install it on 9.1, are there incompatibilities with the newer slackware to take care of?

Thanks Wolfgang

caterboy · 01-16-2004, 06:21 AM

No you can downgrad without pb : I have a 9.1 and installed a kernel 2.4.20
After, il you have equipment that cannot be recognized because it is an old kernel, you can apply patch.

Wolfgang67 · 01-16-2004, 09:22 AM

Thanks Caterboy for the info...

Wolfgang