On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:02:27 +0800, Brad wrote in message <89eae6c0-02b7-d593-bf87-923016c30...@fnarfbargle.com>:
> On 9/8/21 8:13 am, terryc wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 18:36:19 +0800 > > Brad Campbell via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> I honestly can't see who in their right mind would use a base > >> system of that age, > > > > > > My 2c, hardware? > > > > If it has lasted that long, then it must be reliable and its free, > > why not. > > > > anyway, back to regular discussions. > > > > I can understand hardware (one of my Colo boxes is a 2008 Mac Mini), > but this discussion is talking about a new "bare metal hypervisor" > based on a Debian Wheezy installation. ..to be minimally upgraded to my minimal "Devuan Wheezy" before going on to "Devuan Stable" (currently Devuan Beowulf) or into a vm. ..only meant for dist-upgrades and for... > Keeping legacy systems running? sure, but a new install?? I can't > think of any system with hardware virtualisation that ran Wheezy and > won't run Beowulf. ..closest I've ever been was testing QubesOS-3.2 on hw that can't run QubesOS-4, had VT-x but no new fancy VT-d last time I chkd. ..I'm thinking a _minimal_ Devuan Xen install, is there a better way? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
