Re: Downgrading Kernel
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
27 May 1996 20:02:41 GMT
In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960527073154.4856B-100000@xtc.fantasyzone.com>,
<gme@xtc.fantasyzone.com> wrote:
>
> What if any problems might I experience in downgrading my kernel from Linux
> 1.2.13 (Elf) to 1.2.x (non-Elf) {besides reobtaining non-elf binaries}?
>
You need an a.out *compiler*, but the kernel support for a.out and ELF
binaries are independent. However, you may want to consider the fact
that 2.0 is probably less than a month away, and that ELF is now the
standard format... even Netscape are switching to ELF.
-hpa