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Alan McKinnon schrieb: |
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> On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: |
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>> Hi list! |
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>> A quick question: |
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>> If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask |
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>> ...), |
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> Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old |
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Yep, I was surprised myself. It is a virtual machine (formerly SuSE). |
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Therefore I have no influence on the kernel. I'm wondering whether I'm |
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even safe when running such an antique system. |
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>> are there issues I should be aware of? |
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> Plenty. |
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> First off, udev is unlikely to work for a start, so you will either need to |
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> remember how we did it way bask in '05, or use a static /dev |
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Hmm, maybe this is no issue in a v-server. God knows what happens in the |
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background. (Okay, okay, SOURCE knows what happens, too, but I'm |
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unwilling to read it ;) ) |
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> I'm sure there are many more, I just can;t think of the details about the |
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> other points you raised. |
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Well, I'll just try. In the worst case I'll ask whether I can pay for a |
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kernel update or a transfer to another host system. |
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