Re: Running buster with jessie kernel possible?
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:06:40AM +0100, Robert Pommrich wrote:
> As I would like to upgrade to buster, I'd like to know:
>
> Is it possible to run buster with the jessie kernel? Are there perhaps
> dependencies of systemd or the like on a higher kernel version?
Others have addressed the root of your problem, but here I will answer
the literal question (the symptom):
Yes, you can run buster on a 3.16 kernel. The lowest kernel version
currently allowed is 3.2, and this restriction is due to glibc. It's
documented in the release notes, here:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#glibc-and-linux
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