On 31 January 2018 at 23:13, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
> On 01/02/18 11:51, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > > On 31 January 2018 at 22:46, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz > > <mailto:rich...@walnut.gen.nz>> wrote: > > > > On 01/02/18 11:20, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > As it turns out I have installed debian on a usb before and booted > it up > > > successfully. > > > It did occur to me that you could advise the new users to buy a > > > raspberry pi computer > > > and use that to run sid and then install the kernel on my from it. > > > > > > Then I would have one machine which apparently cannot be infected > with > > > meltdown and spectre > > > with both sid and the spectre enabled kernel on it (raspberry pi) > due > > > its architecture > > > > A complicated and expensive solution. The Pi being a different > > architecture means you'd need to take extra steps to cross-compile > the > > kernel. A virtual machine, chroot, container or whatever is much > cheaper > > and simpler. > > > > > > I agree. It's much a better idea. But we were actively trying to be > > dumb in these exchanges for a bit of fun...... > > Ah ... well in that case, why not cross-compile on a Windows box? :-) > Now that is getting creative..... The ultimate would be if you could do it on a quantum computer...... MF > > I guess firing up an AWS or Linode or something sounds much too sane (it > might even be easier than setting up a local VM, depending where your > capabilities lie). > > > Richard > >
