Re: Using Jessy with an older linux kernel
On 06/02/2015 08:42 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Ter, 02 Jun 2015, Freek Dijkstra wrote: Is it possible to run Jessy software and packages with an older (3.2 or even 2.6) Linux kernel? It depends. The VPS that my hosting provider offers, uses OpenVZ (or more likely, it's commercial counterpart, Odin Virtuozzo). OpenVZ provides operating system-level virtualization (unlike paravirtualization as offered by Xen or KVM). This means the kernel can't be changed from the guest OS, only from the hypervisor. So I'm stuck with an older kernel. I've been successful in upgrading from Wheezy (7) with a Linux 3.2 kernel to Jessy (8) on a test-VPS, and everything seems to work fine. My production server is still running Squeeze (6.10 with LTS), with a Linux 2.6.32-042stab092.3 kernel. This version will probably not work with systemd, but an updated kernel is available: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=179343 . You could ask your provider to upgrade the kernel. Why not just upgrade to wheezy and leave it at that?? Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome. R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/556df076.4030...@gmail.com
Re: Using Jessy with an older linux kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 11:21:41AM +0200, Freek Dijkstra wrote: Hi, Is it possible to run Jessy software and packages with an older (3.2 or even 2.6) Linux kernel? I remember dimly that Jessie's systemd requires some kernel feature which may limit your choice of kernel versions. Ah, found it: it's the kernel's configuration option CONFIG_FHANDLE. I don't know off the bat which kernel versions support that, but might be 2.6.39-ish. Of course, if you stay with SysV init, this doesn't concern you. The answer would be expect some tweaking if your value of 'older' is old enough, especially if you go with the (default) systemd. regards - -- tomás -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlVtgT8ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYtbwCfQzQF76fPaUulwciX19eWfzfk kS4An3YDi/ExDGjUugawFoTelmD+G17l =nC1V -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2015060210.ga25...@tuxteam.de
Re: Using Jessy with an older linux kernel
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 12:11:11PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 11:21:41AM +0200, Freek Dijkstra wrote: Hi, Is it possible to run Jessy software and packages with an older (3.2 or even 2.6) Linux kernel? I remember dimly that Jessie's systemd requires some kernel feature which may limit your choice of kernel versions. Ah, found it: it's the kernel's configuration option CONFIG_FHANDLE. I don't know off the bat which kernel versions support that, but might be 2.6.39-ish. Yes, according to https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/FHANDLE.html, CONFIG_FHANDLE appeared in 2.6.39. Of course, if you stay with SysV init, this doesn't concern you. The answer would be expect some tweaking if your value of 'older' is old enough, especially if you go with the (default) systemd. regards -- tomás -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2015060210.ga25...@tuxteam.de -- For more information, please reread. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Using Jessy with an older linux kernel
On Ter, 02 Jun 2015, Freek Dijkstra wrote: Is it possible to run Jessy software and packages with an older (3.2 or even 2.6) Linux kernel? It depends. The VPS that my hosting provider offers, uses OpenVZ (or more likely, it's commercial counterpart, Odin Virtuozzo). OpenVZ provides operating system-level virtualization (unlike paravirtualization as offered by Xen or KVM). This means the kernel can't be changed from the guest OS, only from the hypervisor. So I'm stuck with an older kernel. I've been successful in upgrading from Wheezy (7) with a Linux 3.2 kernel to Jessy (8) on a test-VPS, and everything seems to work fine. My production server is still running Squeeze (6.10 with LTS), with a Linux 2.6.32-042stab092.3 kernel. This version will probably not work with systemd, but an updated kernel is available: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=179343 . You could ask your provider to upgrade the kernel. -- Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150602124205.horde.tqk73r0fmyfsufsqtzfy...@mail.kalinowski.com.br
