From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOYqU-00063F-O2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:14:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F8C7E081F; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f177.google.com (mail-vw0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCB5E081F for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vwj7 with SMTP id 7so4299374vwj.32 for ; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:13:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=xRkGuTL6pqyfusLmsZGT1oJf5zCIy/fPrJlK3El33Fc=; b=fwcMohCRqNkaSusaczV87Baq6mN7LBwfEnPF5U+NvlDBBQxNeo3Q40pyiUj3R2C1dR jyA4vRcfY/7ViN8Vt20LaPM/iE9tFkOboIjRFt9XE8l89kO4DkwUiGx7hJeUFz1LNm04 U/Ml69/Tt1B3tfzToCEWLI5kqENclvpVVXx7g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=CFpoCkFpa3MNPPxIDUpw0uc3F8BaKxq0mAe5Yst2YUynv+P/gA10zaasgLgsBsLQTN YIill/nGAIeQhp9yL5jYtbx1wdcD1GLVg6KfRNtzAV7Q2hLMrHB277ZLC3hEeVQRcSZN X/J8zpjYFbvkqRGSPeEt4Psr41HYnRv70gKZg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.100.194 with SMTP id z2mr14446756vcn.38.1247065996694; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:13:16 +0900 Message-ID: <3ac129340907080813s45ff907eq207bcbe2649f73c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Booting a Kernel-2.4 with glibc-2.9? From: daid kahl To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e64f6a66be9b77046e332d65 X-Archives-Salt: 052ba245-26a7-4984-afe6-ffee5d2e9a71 X-Archives-Hash: 1e16d751273d3e16f25b17764a96d27d --0016e64f6a66be9b77046e332d65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I'm working on upgrading a very old Gentoo system for my work. Some software is only running well in 2.4.x kernels, and when doing other updates I inadvertently updated past glibc-2.3.5, and so now the 2.4 kernel does not boot (Fatal error, kernel too old). Fortunately there is a 2.6 kernel on the system so I can still boot. I should have been operating on a no-nptl profile. Although I stopped the upgrade not longer after upgrading glibc, attempting to downgrading glibc is just about the worst thing I could do. But I don't really know what other options there are, and I've been Googling for hours and hours and no solutions. Is there any known workaround for booting a 2.4 kernel on a system with glibc-2.9 installed? I thought perhaps if there is a way to re-install glibc without nptl (assuming linuxthreads are still around in glibc-2.9) then it might work, but not sure how to do that. I'm very sad right now. Regards, daid --0016e64f6a66be9b77046e332d65 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,

I'm working on upgrading a very old Gentoo system for my = work.=A0

Some software is only running well in 2.4.x kernels, and w= hen doing other updates I inadvertently updated past glibc-2.3.5, and so no= w the 2.4 kernel does not boot (Fatal error, kernel too old).=A0 Fortunatel= y there is a 2.6 kernel on the system so I can still boot.=A0 I should have= been operating on a no-nptl profile.

Although I stopped the upgrade not longer after upgrading glibc, attemp= ting to downgrading glibc is just about the worst thing I could do.=A0 But = I don't really know what other options there are, and I've been Goo= gling for hours and hours and no solutions.

Is there any known workaround for booting a 2.4 kernel on a system with= glibc-2.9 installed?=A0 I thought perhaps if there is a way to re-install = glibc without nptl (assuming linuxthreads are still around in glibc-2.9) th= en it might work, but not sure how to do that.

I'm very sad right now.

Regards,
daid
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