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SubjectRe: seperate environments for different kernels
Younggyun Koh wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i want to run linux 2.6.6 kernel, which needs upgrade of some system tools
> such as module-init-tools and nfs-utils. but other guys using the same
> machine with 2.4 kernel don't want me to upgrade them.
>
> is there any way i can make different system tools installed when i boot
> with the different kernel images other than mounting root directory to the
> different partitions? (i can't create a new partition)

Modern distributions handle this more or less transparently.
module-init-tools can call on modutils if it sees you're running a 2.4
kernel.

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Cheers,
André Tomt
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