[plug] Old Linux within new linux

[W.Kenworthy]

Install whatever linux into a chroot a la gentoo.  Then just open a
terminal, chroot it into the environment and do your thing.  If it needs
a gui, it still should be doable using a remote X on the local machine.

You may need use the older kernel for the main system if the app makes
use of kernel functions, but I have not had to to this - my stuff tends
to be gentoo architecture versions (K6 vs P3 etc).

You can preload libs for many apps, buts its less practical for dev
purposes.

BillK


On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 09:24 +0800, Paul Arch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  this might seem like an odd request, but here goes.
> 
>  I am helping support some software which was designed and implemented 
> under SuSE 8.1, along with whatever kernel, gcc, mysql libs etc that