From: Roderick A. Anderson (raanders_at_acm.org)
Date: Mon 10 May 2004 - 14:21:25 BST
Thanks Sam.
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Sam Vilain wrote:
> As long as you have gcc 2.95.3+ (IIRC - check the kernel README) then
> you shouldn't have a problem. You can run distros with different libc's
> inside your vservers happily.
>
> The RH6.1 machine will need plenty of updates before it can work with a
> 2.4 kernel. Again, it's all in the kernel documentation.
> Documentation/Changes within the source tree lists the exact package
> requirements.
I was afraid of this.
> You could always put a new OS on the root system, and run the old RedHat
> system inside a vserver :-)
Love to but the upgrade will break too many tweaked things and I don't
have the time to babysit the fixes. This is for a non-profit -- gratis
-- and I have a full time job already. Keeps looking like a lose/lose
situation. (Maybe I need thicker skin. :-)
Rod
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