Re: The history of the Linux OS

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:16:32 +0100 (CET)


On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Alex Buell wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Guest section DW wrote:
> > I have a few boot- and root disks from the 0.97-0.99 era.
> > May try to put up complete systems later.
>
> Question is: Will 0.01 work? Can I just install it and see it run like
> shit off a shovel?! :)
>
> This is a question that's been bugging me for a while. What's the EARLIEST
> kernel that will still work with all the wonderful stuff that we have
> including glibc2? :)

Since your glibc2 is an ELF binary, 0.01 won't work for sure.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium

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