Re: Stretch => Buster: Entropy during boot

2020-10-16 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Jesper, On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:28:13PM +0200, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I run a few Stretch systems on old processors that do not support the RDRAND > instruction. > > Can I simply install "haveged" on the Stretch systems *before* the upgrade > to Buster to avoid problems during the upgrade?

Re: Stretch => Buster: Entropy during boot

2020-10-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 03:49:27PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 16 oct 20, 12:28:13, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > > The Buster release notes warn about a possibly insufficient entropy source > > during boot and recommends installing "haveged" on systems with that > > problem. > > >

Re: Stretch => Buster: Entropy during boot

2020-10-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 16 oct 20, 12:28:13, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > The Buster release notes warn about a possibly insufficient entropy source > during boot and recommends installing "haveged" on systems with that > problem. > > I run a few Stretch systems on old processors that do not support the RDRAND > instruc

Re: Stretch => Buster: Entropy during boot

2020-10-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:28:13PM +0200, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > Can I simply install "haveged" on the Stretch systems *before* the > upgrade to Buster to avoid problems during the upgrade? If you have a hardware random generator on these systems (i.e. you see /dev/hwrng there) - you

Stretch => Buster: Entropy during boot

2020-10-16 Thread Jesper Dybdal
The Buster release notes warn about a possibly insufficient entropy source during boot and recommends installing "haveged" on systems with that problem. I run a few Stretch systems on old processors that do not support the RDRAND instruction. Can I simply install "haveged" on the Stretch sys