I’m trying to install the kernel headers for an old SuSE 8 box. I’m using YaST and changing my source to an FTP mirror. However, I can’t find a mirror that version 8? It’s also running althon arch. Any ideas?
I think ftp5.gwdg.de is the only one that still has that old and discontinued releases:
Index of /pub/linux/suse/discontinued
Not sure what 8.x version of cd’s I still have but it will take a good while to look for them…
Good luck.
Thank you! You’re correct, the current kernel on my box is 2.4.21-286-athlon #1. Would I use the i386 or x86_64 directory from that FTP server?
uname -a will tell you your OS’s architecture.
That’s where I got that from. I’ve never really used an ahtlon CPU in a server before. So I’m not sure if i386 will work or if there should be an “athlon” directory?
The original Athlon is a 32-bit CPU (the Duron was the cheaper version of the Athlon). It was the Athlon-64 that went to 64 bits (and AMD later regretted confusing people so they renamed the 64-bit series). I’m not even sure 64-bit CPUs were widely available, if at all, when SUSE 8 was current. I would be willing to lay a bet that you have a 32-bit CPU.
But you can do this:
grep -w lm /proc/cpuinfo
No output means 32-bit CPU.
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow
I don’t see anything about 64-bit so it looks like you were right again.
I’m still not able to get this working with the mirror you provided:
Not me, the other guy. I haven’t used SUSE 8 for ages.
Hello,
I also did not use suse 8.0 in ages.
The error you get is because of yast trying to look to a specific directory shape but I do not remember what kind of.
Looking at a repo (Index of /pub/rpm/SuSE-8.0/) that still gives 8.0 rpms I think the final path for the source should be:
Index of /pub/linux/suse/discontinued/i386/8.0/suse
Please try that. Some info should be available on your system though regarding this.
Good luck.