New kernel installation boot error

[littledrop]

Thanks.

I again tried to install kernel 2.6.18.1 by setting few options in xconfig like cpu, mobo but still can't boot.
I have finally given up compiling kernel .

[littledrop]

Hi kern,

Do you know this?
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/mis...iso-image.html

Regards,
Aditya

[slonmron]

1) ... you want the 2.4 headers package, NOT the 2.6 headers package. You are supposed to run the same kernel headers that your GLIBC was compiled on, and that is 2.4, not 2.6 ...

Same advice is written in kernel-headers.WARNING file:

... As a general rule, installing kernel headers
that are newer than the kernel glibc was compiled with *may* cause problems,
so unless you need these for a particular reason it's best to stick with the
2.4.x kernel-headers package for now. ...

It'll be good to know why if glibc is compiled with kernel X it is not good idea to install headers of kernel Y (Y > X).

Thanks.

[kern]

the kernel headers are the 'API' of the operating system kernel, I guess the API needs to match the function calls .. possibly

*throwing that up in the air*

[slonmron]

the kernel headers are the 'API' of the operating system kernel, I guess the API needs to match the function calls .. possibly

Started to understand the reason. However, in another forum somebody gave me the following link, which makes things even more clear:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr...x-symlink.html

thanks very much, kern!