upgrading from 2.4.25 to 2.6.x

Deedra Waters dmwaters at gentoo.org
Mon Mar 15 17:31:13 EST 2004


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I would not use old configs to go to a 2.6 kernel. If you are not careful,
that can cause serious problems, plus, the menu layout in 2.6 is very very
different

My recommendation, start with a fresh config for 2.6


On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Garrett Klein wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:15:01 -0500
> From: Garrett Klein <kleins at iquest.net>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>     <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: upgrading from 2.4.25 to 2.6.x
> 
> Hello list,
> 
>     I am wondering how hard it is to upgrade from a Linux 2.4 kernel to a 2.6.x one. How are the older configuration files handled, with regards to make oldconfig/menuconfig, ETC?
> 
> Thanks,
> Garrett
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