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Old debian install.. need header files..

Gerhard Hoogterp

2007-09-11, 7:11 am

Hi,

Since a week I'm blessed with the responsibility for a debian install
with a 2.4 kernel version. As I need to get some drivers compiled I need
the matching linux-header files and after spending some seriouse time in
google I try my luck here.. (ayes, upgrading isn't an option here and
now.. but definitly on the longer term todo list..)

Is there a repository of system where I can find older versions of
debian kernels and the like? In this case it's
kernel-source-2.4.27-3-386 or the matching kernel headers which should
be enough.

Any pointers/idea's?

Thanks,
Gerhard

Mumia W.

2007-09-11, 1:12 pm

On 09/11/2007 03:31 AM, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since a week I'm blessed with the responsibility for a debian install
> with a 2.4 kernel version. As I need to get some drivers compiled I need
> the matching linux-header files and after spending some seriouse time in
> google I try my luck here.. (ayes, upgrading isn't an option here and
> now.. but definitly on the longer term todo list..)
>
> Is there a repository of system where I can find older versions of
> debian kernels and the like? In this case it's
> kernel-source-2.4.27-3-386 or the matching kernel headers which should
> be enough.
>
> Any pointers/idea's?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerhard

After you've created a suitable sources.list, you should be able to
install kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-386 using aptitude.

Or you can get suitable kernel and kernel-headers packages from here:

ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/dis...age-2.4.27-i386

Just be sure that the kernel headers you install match the kernel-image
you want to use.

Rodney

2007-09-11, 1:12 pm

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:31:47 +0200, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since a week I'm blessed with the responsibility for a debian install with
> a 2.4 kernel version. As I need to get some drivers compiled I need the
> matching linux-header files and after spending some seriouse time in
> google I try my luck here.. (ayes, upgrading isn't an option here and
> now.. but definitly on the longer term todo list..)
>
> Is there a repository of system where I can find older versions of debian
> kernels and the like? In this case it's kernel-source-2.4.27-3-386 or the
> matching kernel headers which should be enough.
>
> Any pointers/idea's?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerhard

You don't mention which architecture or Debian version you're using but
2.4.27 was the Sarge default kernel version, so in theory the
repositories you're already using might still work. I don't
understand how a google search wouldn't give you lots of hits, what search
terms were you using? What is your sources list currently? It might even
be a good idea to say what drivers you're trying to compile, in case
someone knows about them specifically.

A note about upgrading: If and when you do, be sure and read the release
notes for Etch before you try to do the upgrade, there are issues that
have to be taken into consideration or you could end up like others who
have had troubles with the transition.

Aion

2007-10-15, 7:11 pm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ - Contains tar.gz and
tar.bz2 archives of the linux-2.4.27 source.
Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since a week I'm blessed with the responsibility for a debian install
> with a 2.4 kernel version. As I need to get some drivers compiled I need
> the matching linux-header files and after spending some seriouse time in
> google I try my luck here.. (ayes, upgrading isn't an option here and
> now.. but definitly on the longer term todo list..)
>
> Is there a repository of system where I can find older versions of
> debian kernels and the like? In this case it's
> kernel-source-2.4.27-3-386 or the matching kernel headers which should
> be enough.
>
> Any pointers/idea's?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerhard