advice for 2.4 to 2.6 migration

I am running a 2.4 kernel with modutils. If I understand correctly there
has been a big change in modules with the 2.6 kernel. How would be the best
way to install the utilities for the 2.6 kernel ? I have thought about
compiling the 2.6 kernel and loading it with the --noinitrd option and then
removing modutils while loading the new module support. What would be the
best way to do this if anyone has done it?

Bill


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