kernel 2.6.1 and module-init-tools issues

for those of u who have experience compiling the new 2.6.1 kernel, i have a few questions:

1, the new module-init-tools (0.9.14 or 15-pre) obviously have severe problems with old 2.4 series kernels. compiled 2.4 kernels can still boot up, however i cannot compile any new 2.4 kernels with the new module-init-tools. they will fail to boot.

so is it possible to fix this issue or uninstall 0.9.14 and roll back to the old version? i made lots of searches via google on this and i found out that simply deleting and renaming .old files wont work. its much more complicated than that.

2, wut r the *necessary* special steps to make the new 2.6.1 kernel bootable? put all the hardware/software related problems aside, just let it boot up. os is rh 9.0.

http://www.fearthecow.net/index.pl?s...st&page=kernel
http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html

these 2 sites mentioned some procedures but im not sure which ones of them are necessary. mount /sys ? hotplug?

currently im kinda stuck with this server that i tried 2.6.1 on. it wont boot with 2.6.1 yet i cannot compile 2.4.24 either. currently it can only boot with the original rh 9 kernel 2.4.20-8.

any advice on this will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

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