For various reasons, I would like to build a 2.6.18 kernel from source but still run Gutsy on top of it. Is this possible? I've succesfully built and booted a 2.6.23 kernel under a fresh Gutsy install by using the "Master Kernel Thread" instructions (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158) and followed the same instructions for 2.6.18, but the resulting 2.6.18 kernel/initrd failed to boot, tested on two different systems, both times unable to read the root disk and falling back to an ash prompt. I have booted both machines with a 2.6.18 kernel and another (RH-based) distro so it is not that the machines cannot boot 2.6.18 at all. I've scanned config files without spotting anything either. Anybody know if 1) this is possible at all and 2) if so, what the magic incantations might be to get this to work?
Thanks,
Dan
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