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RNHurt
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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Location: Louisville, KY
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: Installing Debian Squeeze |
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Hey all, I am new to Linode and would like to install and use Debian unstable (aka Squeeze). Is there any support for doing this? I have a new node running stable (Etch) that I can upgrade to unstable but don't know what to do with the XEN kernel stuff.
Any help would be appreciated. |
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Alucard
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Debian Squeeze is testing, not unstable. Sid is unstable. Also, Etch is oldstable now; Lenny is stable.
You can run your own kernel (say, one from Sid) as long as it supports pv_ops. See the wiki for more on running your own kernel.
Alternately, you can run one of the Linode-provided kernels and just run everything else from Sid. |
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RNHurt
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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Location: Louisville, KY
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Man, I messed that post all up! Thank you for correcting my Debian mind wipe. :)
I want to run testing (Squeeze) not unstable (Sid) because I find that stable gets a bit too long in the tooth for me and I rely on more up-to-date packages (Ruby 1.9) for my stuff. I don't really want to run my own kernel, too much danger down that path.
What I think I need to do is install Debian 5 (stable), upgrade it to Squeeze (via apt sources.list) and use it as normal. If I go down this road are there any Linode special things I have to worry about? Kernel modules? XEN upgrades? etc... |
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hybinet
Joined: 02 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Based on my experience of upgrading Etch from Lenny, there's nothing Linode-specific about the process. You might want to do it from LISH, though, because sometimes the upgrade process wants to stop and restart SSH. |
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