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*WARNING* ---- old stuff mentioned, pls don't say "get up to date" |
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greets, |
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another special question today: |
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I had an issue w/ a customer server yesterday. |
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It still runs kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 due to the fact that they still |
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run vmware-server-1.0.8.126538 and the related modules. |
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Back then I figured out that newer vmware-modules wouldn't compile w/ |
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newer kernels ... and so on. |
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In fact they don't want to spend money on upgrading (vmware-server etc) |
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because there will be a new and shiny server later this year. |
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But the guy asked me if we could swap harddrives to add space, and |
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increase the LVM volume group etc. |
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I said yes .. and upgraded stuff like udev and lvm2 a few weeks ago, |
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just in case and to have the latest releases. It hit us yesterday when |
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he swapped a fan and at reboot udev didn't create proper sdX and mdX |
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devices anymore ... |
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So I had to downgrade udev and lvm2 again to fit that ancient kernel. I |
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used genlop to check which versions were installed at the time the last |
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successful boot had happened. |
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Right now I have: |
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sys-fs/udev-124-r2 |
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sys-fs/lvm2-2.02-56-r2 |
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yep, old. |
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The question: how to find out (without much trial and error) which |
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releases of udev and lvm2 are the best/newest to use with that kernel? |
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I don't want too much old bugs in the box on one hand while on the other |
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hand I have to mask pkgs to keep it running. |
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Maybe one of you has a hint for me. |
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Thanks in advance, best regards, Stefan |