Kernel 2.6 dual boot

daphantom · 09-14-2003, 12:47 PM

For to upgrade to kernel2.6 you need to upgrade some packages. Is this packages backwards compatible with kernel2.4? e.g. If I install this packages over (rpm -e --nodeps package; rpm -i --nodeps package), will the old setup work?

pablob · 09-14-2003, 02:41 PM

You don't need to drop old kernel to install a new one.
As an example, I use 3 different ones by means of a startup menu.
You just have to take care.

blixblix · 09-14-2003, 04:20 PM

For the 2.6 kernel you'll need new module tools. You can have both the new and old versions of the module tools as the name is different "module-init-tools". I haven't done this on Mandrake but on Debian I have both kernels installed and running.

Look in the /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes for the requirements.

pablob · 09-15-2003, 12:36 PM

Yes it works in Mandrake.
The package blixblix mentions is necesary (al least for modules to work). Search and download module-init-tools-0.9.9-1mdk