Re: [aclug-L] Kernel transportability

[Bob Deep <bobd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg House wrote:
> 
> Ok, this may be a stupid question, but I'm curious.  Can you use a kernel
> built on one LInux distribution on another one?  For example, I have a Red
> Hat 5.1 system with limited disk space and would like to get a kernel on it
> that has support for SCSI/PPA to use my Zip drive, but I had to leave off
> stuff like gcc and the kernel source to get the thing installed.  Can I
> build a kernel on my other machine, running Slackware, and put it on the Red
> Hat system?

Sure...  Your Red Hat kernel is no differant than a Slackware one
(assuming you use the same version, and configuration to build it).

We do this all the time..

-= bob =-
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