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>> redhat 7.3 was the first linux i used 8 years ago. there a use for |
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>> this or did you just want to see if it can work ? |
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> I am a normal user so I need to get used to any environment the |
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> administrator gives. There happens to be a redhat 7.2 machine on which I |
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> tried Prefix. |
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i suggest yoiu find out the reason for lack of update, and suggest an |
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update. |
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> For example, I want to use user mode linux (uml) on it. The glibc-2.2 |
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> will not build 2.6.3x kernels. If I compiled the uml kernel elsewhere |
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> and copy to the old machine, there would be "kernel version too low" |
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> fetal error, which is because glibc on the building machine do not have |
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> kernel 2.4 support. |
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> I was wondering if there is a way to build a binary against lastest |
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> glibc and still keep the compatability to run on 2.4 kernels. |
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i think only some embedded apps might use kernel 2.4 where memory is |
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really tiny and a problem or there are proprietary drivers they need. |
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matt |
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