[Nottingham] Re: Mandrake 10 / 2.4 kernel

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Mon Jul 19 13:11:14 BST 2004


James Gibbon wrote:
[...]
> I have a USB 802.11b dongle that works nicely under kernel 2.4, but not
> under 2.6.  I'm running Slackware on the PC to which it's presently attached,
> but prefer Mandrake.

Best thing then is to just back up your system and give it a try. 
Mandrake will install the 2.4 kernel alongside the 2.6 so that you can 
choose from lilo which to boot.

I bit more searching might find the 2.6 module for your dongle even.

Good luck,
Martin

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