[ILUG] Installing kernel-2.3.21-47.ELsmp

[Robert Sweetnam]

On Fri, December 1, 2006 5:07 am, Walter Faleiro wrote:
> Folks,
> Just a downgrade question. We have some old project software build for the
> kernel-2.3.21-47.ELsmp systems. It's to be run on 64-bit system. Thats all
> the information I have. I have a test RHEL 4 Workstation. Before I start
> building the downgrade kernel, can someshare share the experiences of
> downgrading the kernel, so that my work is shortened.
>
> Thanks,
> --Walter

The 2.3 kernel is a development kernel. It is classed as unstable and a
pre-release of the 2.4 branch. Also, from what I can gather from a quick
google, the 2.3 kernel does not support AMD64 extensions so that rules out
Intel EMT64 CPU's as well.

Regards
Robert