mdk10 kernel question

[Davno]

Hi, i am installing mdk 10 and found in the LSB section of available package that an older kernel 2.4.25.2mdk is available. If i install it will it replace the 2.6 kernel or will i have two boot possibility. Is there any conflict possible. On my first try at installing i did not check it and my install froze at around 95 % at kernel doc installation. THXS for the info...

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Davno
If i install it will it replace the 2.6 kernel or will i have two boot possibility. Is there any conflict possible.

I believe it will replace the 2.6 kernel. I would suggest you try anyways since the install is freezing.

[GaryJones32]

the pre 2.6 kernels use a different module init system
but:
it is possible to install the older one during the install
then later install the new one from scratch
(try 2.6.3 from kernel.org)
with module-init-tools-3.0 and then
have them so you can boot either
the new kernels really rock compared to the old ones !
just follow the README in module-init-tools real close
then add the new one as a new grub menu entry

[ShieldWolf]

Selecting LSB during the initial install will prevent the use of the 2.6.3-4mdk kernel, and force use of the older kernel, along with the older init style. The LSB is a set of standards on what goes where, and that has changed for the new 2.6 kernel series. I'm guessing there will be a LSB 2.6 eventually, but it may take some time.

It should be possible to later install an older kernel, but I'm not sure why you would want to do that, and I'm wondering if there might be problems with hardware recognition due to the new naming scheme for scsi and ide-scsi devices.

If the new kernel is giving you problems, then by all means, go with the old one, but I would suspect that you have a bad install disk. Did you check the MD5 sums before burning the disks?