Re: Status of Debian on QNAP
* Luca Olivetti <luca@ventoso.org> [2020-11-26 11:15]:
> > QNAP support won't be in Debian 11 (and probably the whole armel port
> > will be dropped). Support in the Debian kernel package was disabled
> > in August 2019 due to size issues.
>
> So that's not QNAP specific, all kirkwood[*] based machines will be
> unsupported, right?
It is QNAP specific. The flash layout on QNAP devices doesn't have
enough space to hold modern versions of the Linux kernel.
> [*]I have a lacie network space 2 that has been serving me well for several
> years, though I'd like more memory and more bogomips.
I don't know if there's a limitation for LaCie devices.
Does it boot from flash or disk?
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