Alan McKinnon schrieb: > On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi list! >> >> A quick question: >> >> If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask >> ...), > > Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old
Yep, I was surprised myself. It is a virtual machine (formerly SuSE). Therefore I have no influence on the kernel. I'm wondering whether I'm even safe when running such an antique system. > >> are there issues I should be aware of? > > Plenty. > > First off, udev is unlikely to work for a start, so you will either need to > remember how we did it way bask in '05, or use a static /dev Hmm, maybe this is no issue in a v-server. God knows what happens in the background. (Okay, okay, SOURCE knows what happens, too, but I'm unwilling to read it ;) ) > > I'm sure there are many more, I just can;t think of the details about the > other points you raised. > Well, I'll just try. In the worst case I'll ask whether I can pay for a kernel update or a transfer to another host system.
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