On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 02:23:46PM -0600, John Foster wrote: > > > I have a question regarding upgrading a remotely hosted VPN server. was > > > running Debian 6; I did a few upgrades to clear the way for a > > > dist-upgrade. I normally do this by getting the libc6 stuff and the > > > kernel image done first then the rest of my apps. I've had very few > > > issues with this in the past. However this is my first time to do it via > > > all command line interface on a remotely hosted VPN server. On this > > > server there is no kernel image or at least nothing in the /boot > > > directory & nothing shows to be installed as a kernel image in dselect. > > > the issue at hand is this message when I try to install the new libc6 > > > parts: > > > > I suspect you are using a VPS, not a VPN: a virtual server. And > > I also suspect that your provider is supplying the kernel for > > the server from outside the mounted environment. > Sorry about the terminology, & yes it is a virtual server called OpenVZ
Right. OpenVZ provides containerization, not full virtualization. What's the difference? All the containers on a given server share the same kernel. > > This could be something that's easy to change (your provider > > will offer you a tool) or something that's impossible to change > > (you are not running in a full virtualized environment, but in a > > container or zone arrangement where your kernel is shared with > > the hosting machine). > > > > In either case, talk to tech support at your VPS provider and > > get the facts. > > > > -dsr- > > > I did and their response is below: > > > After discussion with another member of the technical team we do not > > appear to have any custom OpenVZ configurations that would cause such > > an issue. Also could you please expand as to what you mean by "I > > noticed that there is NO linux kernel image installed on this > > server". > Nothing in /boot I.E. no kernel. What they mean is that OpenVZ containers all share one kernel on a given hardware box. You cannot do what you want. https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVz https://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization http://wiki.openvz.org/Introduction_to_virtualization You should read all three, I think. > I 'THINK' the libC issues are in fact related to the location of the > actual kernel they are providing. I'm fairly sure they have a kernel > with its own LIBC supplied from elsewhere & that they have provided the > libC locations as deemed proper by their tech staff. Issue is the OS > Debian 6 "minimal" does NOT actually provide all the tools I need to run > the REQUIRED software for my site. At least not if I keep it all > upgraded. An example: I need to upgrade ocaml to a more recent version > in order to compile the Texvc system for the mathematics of my mediawiki > installation. There are many other similar instances. I can't get the > currect stable version of ocaml to install since I can't get the > dependencies satisfied due to the outdated libc6 items. Right. You should look for another provider, who either supports Wheezy or does full virtualization, via Xen or KVM or VMWare. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140214005909.gq6...@randomstring.org
