Need a supported distro using kernel 2.6.11 or earlier

gobbo

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I'm trying to get some WAN simulation software called Nistnet to work, sadly it's only been tested on kernels up to 2.6.11 and nothing after this.:mad:

Does anyone know of any currently supported distros that use this kernel version (or earlier) that I can try?

I've tried Ubuntu 4.1, but it's no longer supported so can't get any compilers for it etc. Got Fedora Core 4 and CentOS 4 coming down at the moment to try but looking for others too.

Cheers!
 
I don't know any distros which will still have this kernel - according to its release stamp, 2.6.11 was released about three and a half years ago.

If you're up for it, you can download the kernel source from here and compile it yourself - it's a bit scary the first time, but it's fine afterwards.

You can most likely use this version of the kernel with any recent distro which uses the 2.6 series.
 
Damn, was hoping for a better solution than that!

I'll try the older Fedora 4 and CentOS 4.0 distros before I get into compiling my own kernels though!
 
Humm gentoo i think still supports the 2.4 kernel (just) but thats pratically compiling it your self (with a good stp by step guide).

Urm other idea is maybe debian would... (time to search the net and see) but i cant think of anything else
 
RTC should be part of any standard kernel :)
If your using Ubuntu, try this:
Code: 
sudo ln -s /dev/.static/dev/rtc /dev/rtc

I note from some minor prodding though, that RTC needs to be a module, not integrated into the kernel proper, I'd have to check the state of play with specific distros manually.
Also, have you installed the full kernel source, or just the headers? If it's only the headers, try the full source instead; You're playing with something that goes pretty deep into the workings.

Otherwise, we need the precise error to figure out what's going on, but this should be fixable :)
I will note though, it may be far easier in the long run to roll your own kernel to sort this- This really is simple; The options may seem daunting, but 99% of them you don't even need to touch.
This shows you how to build a custom kernel on Ubuntu, but it's pretty similar anywhere else-
http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu


Cheers

-Leezer-
 
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