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philby

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Nov 8, 2004, 8:45:43 AM11/8/04
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I have redhat/fedora 2.6 installed and I need to update to kernel version
2.6.6 and patch it with a iBCS/ABI patch file so that I can use some old sco
XOFF and/or a.out binaries.

I have downloaded linux-2.6.6.tar.gz (kernel) and linux-abi-2.6.6.diff.bz2
(ABI patch).

I have recomplied kernels before, but never upgraded and applied patches. I
am a bit (let's say very) confused about the exact steps to follow in
upgrading the kernel to 2.6.6 and applying the patch. Can anyone tell me
exactly where to put the files and what commands to issue in what sequence?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Philby

Alexander Dalloz

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Nov 8, 2004, 12:34:24 PM11/8/04
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:45:43 +0000 philby wrote:

> I have redhat/fedora 2.6 installed and I need to update to kernel version
> 2.6.6 and patch it with a iBCS/ABI patch file so that I can use some old sco
> XOFF and/or a.out binaries.
>
> I have downloaded linux-2.6.6.tar.gz (kernel) and linux-abi-2.6.6.diff.bz2
> (ABI patch).

> Philby

You don't do yourself a favour by using the 2.6.6 kernel! It has problems.
Better apply the patch - if it really needed - to the current FC2 kernel.

Alexander


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philby

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Nov 9, 2004, 9:02:40 AM11/9/04
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I would, but the from what I have read, there is only an ABI patch
(linux-abi-2.6.6.diff.bz2) for the 2.6.6 kernel. The others patches only
support the 2.4 version.

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Alexander Dalloz

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Nov 9, 2004, 10:44:03 AM11/9/04
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:02:40 +0000 philby wrote:

> I would, but the from what I have read, there is only an ABI patch
> (linux-abi-2.6.6.diff.bz2) for the 2.6.6 kernel. The others patches only
> support the 2.4 version.

Then adjust the patch to fit for the current Fedora kernel.

Alexander


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Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp

Serendipity 16:43:05 up 20 days, 14:22, load average: 1.20, 1.44, 0.93

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