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| 10 | <title>Linux Kernel Support</title>
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| 11 | </articleinfo>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para></para>
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| 14 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody>
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| 15 | <row>
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| 16 | <entry>
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| 17 | Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux HOWTO
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| 18 | </entry>
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| 19 | </row>
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| 20 | <row>
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| 21 | <entry>
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| 22 | <ulink url="hardwarerequirements.html">Prev</ulink>
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| 23 | </entry>
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| 24 | <entry>
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| 25 | Chapter 4. System Requirements
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| 26 | </entry>
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| 27 | <entry>
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| 28 | <ulink url="kernelmodules.html">Next</ulink>
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| 29 | </entry>
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| 30 | </row>
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| 31 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect1 id="KERNELSUPPOR"><title>4.2. Linux Kernel Support</title>
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| 34 | <para>Your kernel must have:</para>
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| 35 | <itemizedlist>
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| 36 | <listitem>
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| 37 | <para>stable loopfs support, which means it really needs to be
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| 38 | 2.2.19 or 2.4.7 (or later)</para>
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| 39 | </listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>CD-ROM device support</para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>ISO9660 file system support</para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>initrd ramdisk support (built-in)</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Virtual memory file system support (built-in)</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>floppy disk support (built in)</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>ext2 file system support (built-in)</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Support for the backup media (Tape, CD-RW, NFS, Hard
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| 60 | disk)</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>If the backup media is CD-RW then you need SCSI emulation
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| 64 | also</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | </itemizedlist>
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| 67 | <para>Please note that the stock kernels of Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0,
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| 68 | Mandrake 8.2, 9.0, SuSE 7.x,, 8.x, and Slackware 8.x all meet
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| 69 | Mondo's requirements. If your kernel does not meet Mondo's
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| 70 | requirements then there is something wrong with it. Mondo's demands
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| 71 | are not unreasonable.</para>
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| 72 | <para></para>
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| 73 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody>
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| 74 | <row>
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| 75 | <entry>
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| 76 | <ulink url="hardwarerequirements.html">Prev</ulink>
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| 77 | </entry>
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| 78 | <entry>
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| 79 | <ulink url="index.html">Home</ulink>
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| 80 | </entry>
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| 81 | <entry>
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| 82 | <ulink url="kernelmodules.html">Next</ulink>
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| 83 | </entry>
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| 84 | </row>
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| 85 | <row>
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| 86 | <entry>
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| 87 | Hardware Requirements
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| 88 | </entry>
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| 89 | <entry>
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| 90 | <ulink url="systemrequirements.html">Up</ulink>
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| 91 | </entry>
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| 92 | <entry>
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| 93 | Linux Kernel Modules
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| 94 | </entry>
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| 95 | </row>
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| 96 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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| 97 |
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