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on 09/17/2007 10:12 PM Dereck Martin wrote the following: |
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> I have been running gentoo on a sparc64 since 2004.0 or 2005.0 release. |
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> I know it isn't sparc32, but unless you have some dire need to run a |
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> 2.4 kernel I would suggest running a 2.6 kernel. |
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Please see my reply to Brant Williams' post. |
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Beside that its |
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> getting increasingly difficult to install gentoo under a 2.4 profile. |
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> I think we all sometimes forget gentoo is a progressive linux and is |
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> always changing. Because of this it is only backward compatible to a |
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> short period of time in the past, like a year. Unlike the other |
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> distributions (red hat/SuSe, etc) where you can install older versions |
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> this distribution sorta requires you to stay somewhat current with the |
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> times. =) |
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I'm experiencing it first hand ;) |
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> Not saying it is impossible. For instance I run a few machines in 2.4 |
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> profile because I use them for an OpenMosix cluster. That has been |
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> removed from portage for months now, but I can still install it because |
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> I copied the 2006.0 profile and all the required files to a portage |
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> overlay directory so I could still use it even when gentoo stopped |
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> supporting it. You may have to do this same technique in order to use |
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> your 2.4 kernel and stuff, |
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Good idea. ;) |
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How should I proceed? I guess it must me quite simple but, I would |
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appreciate your help. |
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Aggelos. |
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