One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4
and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or
such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and
bash would not run. I was able to play with other shells a bit but it was a
real mess until I realized that the env variable was at fault!


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David Baron wrote:
> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4
> and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or
> such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and
> bash would not run. I was able to play with other shells a bit but it was a
> real mess until I realized that the env variable was at fault!
>
>

Ok, so I am "stuck" with sarge? no huge biggee...later when I can afford
a pair of 500gb sata's it means a rebuild....no huge issue right now.

regards

Steven


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David Baron wrote:
> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4
> and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or
> such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and
> bash would not run. I was able to play with other shells a bit but it was a
> real mess until I realized that the env variable was at fault!
>
>

So far Ive set up bind, sendmail and have no issues...while running
2.4.27-3 on etch....all std etch packages I must add.

regards

Steven


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On 2008-04-21 10:21 +0200, Steven Jones wrote:

> David Baron wrote:
>> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable
>> with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable
>> ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I
>> had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play
>> with other shells a bit but it was a real mess until I realized that
>> the env variable was at fault!
>>
>>
>
> Ok, so I am "stuck" with sarge? no huge biggee...later when I can
> afford a pair of 500gb sata's it means a rebuild....no huge issue
> right now.

No, Etch is supposed to work with a 2.4 kernel. Beware that you will
have to install and boot a 2.6 kernel _before_ you can upgrade to Lenny.

Sven


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Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2008-04-21 10:21 +0200, Steven Jones wrote:
>
>> David Baron wrote:
>>> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable
>>> with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable
>>> ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I
>>> had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play
>>> with other shells a bit but it was a real mess until I realized that
>>> the env variable was at fault!
>>>
>>>
>> Ok, so I am "stuck" with sarge? no huge biggee...later when I can
>> afford a pair of 500gb sata's it means a rebuild....no huge issue
>> right now.
>
> No, Etch is supposed to work with a 2.4 kernel. Beware that you will
> have to install and boot a 2.6 kernel _before_ you can upgrade to Lenny.
>
> Sven
>
>

Well so far 2.4.27-4 as a debian source compiles and boots, stock
2.4.29+ fails.......now trying stock 2.4.28.

regards

Thing


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