-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/02/15 10:36, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > What does "uname -a" report? This should tell you what the running > kernel version is. > > It could be a case of your providing implementing your Virtual > Private Server using kernel cgroups - e.g. via Linux Containers > (LXC). If so, then you do not control what kernel you run - you > share the kernel of the host operating system, but have limited > access inside it. Tools like grub and lilo do not apply inside > Linux Containers either. > > A VPC is a very close approximation to a "real" hardware server, > but not quite the same. > > One relatively easy way of detecting whether you're inside a LXC is > to run "uptime" - this will report the uptime of the host kernel. > If you recently rebooted your VPS, you will see an uptime which is > "too long". Tools like the "imvirt" package can also tell you what > virtualisation you're running under.
Another possibility is that the VPS is running under Xen, which also generally has the kernel loaded from outside - but loading a different one is possible, either by negotiation with your provider, or, if they support it, using pv-grub: http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/using-a-custom-kernel-with-pv-grub (rackspace-specific instructions, of course - ymmv) Richard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJU6/JnAAoJELSi8I/scBaNaVYIAIwKOJOUVd3EjNk8Mm/U9sUS /erJWplV5Mlf1a0zWfwqDDbvTf417LMFUWVBvwbaW1TKjPB5LZ+E3QaA9NtOBul0 t6Zyllr0Fz7bDhLEaUVksAgylqCD3IIUfJjSA7TPuooTyLGl0efv6AcvMUt+f23X V6KtirVs7lW97jlatJUT/0BlBn9bLusB0gQOWtqGLhhteVLamY6ShMdexJhEffSq RrXRcJmPoY2Y8+suD+Uwin1sTkDeEzSU7UQcwFwX2+qRxT5J4V8IsQs7RlqB+EqM zI9BvzREDon/2L7mUP8NJHGt3tw9XmMSqPo4T4zs3nEBdIrME3Lgj+/eFnFHyEk= =Lkve -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54ebf267.6060...@walnut.gen.nz
