Subject: Re: [vserver] seeking advicce on Host OS selection
From: Peter Mann <Peter.Mann@tuke.sk>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:58:46 +0200

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:35:37PM +0000, Cedric Veilleux wrote:
> Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) uses kernel 2.6.24, and there is no stable vserver
> patch for this kernel. This is why ubuntu dropped support for vserver I
> guess.

there was no vserver kernel in Ubuntu official repositories

> You could probably add debian lenny main+security sources in a hardy
> install and use package pinning in apt to install the debian kernel. I
> guess it should work.

no ... i reccomend to use lenny main + security deb-src and compile
vserver enabled kernel in ubuntu from debian sources (if you want
supported kernel version)

> It does seem like useless work since you can simply install debian Etch
> as the host, which fully supports vserver. Debian lenny (next debian
> version), will still officially support vserver, so you are good with
> debian for a while.

yes, right

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