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by **anwaru** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:10 pm

hi,

i need any liveCD distros that still based on 2.4.x kernel. can anyone
suggest me of where to look and how to get it?

in general, i need it to figure it out and experiment with iomega micro drive 256mbps that they have claimed 'only supports Linux kernel 2..4.x'.
thanks.

by **nick** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:14 pm

Knoppix still boots 2.4 by default, and has 2.6 as an option. You could also try the latest Ubuntu LiveCDs with Gnome 2.10 preview, it has DBUS, HAL, and has worked great for me at recognizing USB drives. A lot of times the support companies claim for their products is only the support given by their tech support, and the product will work fine anyways.

If the drive does not appear on the desktop after plugging it in (in Knoppix), open a shell and run "ls /dev/sd*" before and after plugging it in. If you see stuff like /dev/sda4 appear after plugging it in, it is working, but not automounting on the desktop. You'll have to "sudo mkdir /mnt/usbdrive && sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/usbdrive". (this happens to me with certain USB drives in Knoppix).

by **quimby** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:07 pm

Santa Fe Linux (Debian based Live CD) uses the 2.4.x kernel. http://www.santafelinux.com/

by **anwaru** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:24 am

helo nick, thanks you so much, it works. after i did a bit further on your given syntax, it looks like i always have to re-type the whole syntax each
time i need to mount the flash drive, is this right?

i tried to create a shell script for the same method (except i just order it to open in konqueror), but after i unmount the flash drive and mount it again by typing; $mount /mnt/usbdrive, it didnt work. unless, i type the whole your given syntax, and must create another different folder name under /mnt. is this normal? thanks

by **anwaru** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:26 am

oh i havent tried santafe linux yet. but glad to hear it is debian based

thank you quimby

by **ezsit** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:32 pm

SimplyMepis 3.3.1 gives you the option of 2.4 or 2.6 kernels.

by **ecgl** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:43 am

ECGL: Engineering Computing GNU/Linux is RHEL3 clone that use kernel 2.4.21.
http://www.ecgl.org
ftp://ftp.ecgl.org

by **JLBlinux** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:31 am

ecgl wrote:ECGL: Engineering Computing GNU/Linux is RHEL3 clone that use kernel 2.4.21.
http://www.ecgl.org
ftp://ftp.ecgl.org

ECGL is not liveCD as your topic said that ECGL will install them onto hard drive :roll:

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