Thank you.  That is good to know.

> 
> From: Arne Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2004/02/04 Wed AM 08:50:16 GMT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What doesnt work with 2.6 ?
> 
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 
> > Is this renaming something that the ebuild does?
> 
> I don't know - it should. I installed it manually (that was still under 
> SuSE).
> 
> > And if so what happens when you go back to the 2.4 series - do the new 
> > tools work for that or do you have to rename them again?
> 
> No, the new utils will check what kernel is running and transparently 
> call the old ones if it's 2.4 or earlier.
> 
> >
> > Arne Vogel wrote:
> >
> >> Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> >>
> >>> I can't even get it to boot! 
> >>
> >> Do you have up-to-date module-init-tools? Module loading will 
> >> otherwise fail. The old tools (modprobe, insmod, rmmod, lsmod) must 
> >> be renamed to xxx.old because they will be invoked when booting 
> >> pre-2.6. Also, some modules have been renamed, so you will have to 
> >> provide an adjusted /etc/modprobe.conf. Best check /var/log/messages 
> >> to see *what* exactly fails (for me it was e.g. psmouse which was 
> >> previously called mousedev).
> >>
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