[Users] Debian: recommended kernel

[Kir Kolyshkin]

On 05/02/2012 09:39 PM, Timh B wrote:
> This was linked earlier this week;
> https://github.com/CoolCold/tools/blob/master/openvz/kernel/create-ovz-kernel-for-debian.sh
>
> Might be useful for you if you wish to get a debianized openvz-kernel.

Yet another solution is to use alien:
http://wiki.openvz.org/Install_kernel_from_RPM_on_Debian_6.0

The bad thing about it is it's not a "native" way. The good thing is you 
have the same bit-by-bit binary kernel which we test a lot.

>
> If you really want to run debian I would suggest looking into proxmox
> instead since they build the stable rpm-kernels for debian.
>
> Good luck!
>
> //T
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 18:31, Roman Haefeli wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> We're running OpenVZ on Debian Squeeze with the kernel shipped by
>> Debian.
>>
>> Several sources recommend to use RHEL 6 stable kernel. Is it recommended
>> to use it also on Debian stable? If so, how should it be installed? The
>> wiki has links to rpm files only, it seems.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that we're considering switching kernel, since the
>> Debian OpenVZ kernel seems to have issues. Specifically, we suffer from
>> the same problem as described here:
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/12/msg00689.html
>>
>> Cheers
>> Roman
>>