On 31 January 2018 at 18:31, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:54:36 +0000 > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > What about if you became sid, made the spectre kernel and backed it up > > on a usb drive > > and then you backed up the work files and wiped the entire installation > > and then > > reinstalled stretch. > > > > Could you then install the kernel on the usb drive or is that not > > possible and, like full gender reassignment surgery > > there really is no going back as it were.......? > > Maybe it would be a little less of "DIY-lobotomy" (or "gender > reassignment", whichever you prefer :) if you install sid onto the usb > drive instead and leave your default system intact. > But then, if you are running buster and desperately want to > build your own kernel *now*, you could probably just replace buster's > gcc-7.2 with sid's 7.3 to keep you going. > 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 and my PC running buster with the same kernel ported to it but I don't really need it because I already have it in my Gentoo installation: ie Dumb and Dumber Heh Heh! Cheers MF > > Regards > > Michael > > .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. > > "Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here." > "You admit that?" > "To deny the facts would be illogical, Doctor" > -- Spock and McCoy, "A Piece of the Action", stardate > unknown > >
