Re: [aclug-L] Kernel transportability

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 03:36:46PM -0600, 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

You should have no trouble doing this, IF you built it without any modules,
or you move all the modules over to the new system.

> 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
> 
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