RE: Kernel Compilation Question

[Woody.Wu]

> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Alan Cox [ mailto:alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:17 PM 
> To: Woody.Wu 
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: Kernel Compilation Question 
> 
> 
> On Llu, 2005-09-26 at 09:00 +0200, Woody.Wu wrote: 
> > and think i can build a kernel in another newer system (a slackware 
> > running 2.6.x) and copy needed stuff over to the old box.  is it 
> > possible?  if so, what stuff i have to copy from the newer 
> box to the 
> > old box? what i can imaged by far are: the bzImage file, the 
> 
> 
> Possible but there is so much stuff that has changed (and 6.x 
> has no updates any more for security fixes). 
> 
> I do a series of CD updates from 6.2 to 7.3, then 7.3 to 9 
> then 9 to Fedora Core 2, and FC2 to FC3 - If I had to do it 
> that way. But really it'll be quicker to back it up reinstall 
> and restore users/config/filestore 

thanks. can i download thoese 6.2 to 7.3 and 7.3 to 9 upgrading CDs from
redhat's site?  and by 'back it up and resinstall and restore', did you
mean i back up my files and install a new redhat from scratch?

thanks. 

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