Paul Zimmerman composed on 2018-01-09 23:43 (UTC): > After running "aptitude update" and "aptitude safe-upgrade" on my Wheezy > boxes, I find I have TWO kernels installed. One of them, the new patch for > this "Meltdown" problem, does not boot. It hangs. Fortunately, they were > smart enough to keep the old kernel and that still boots normally. Why would > it be incompatible? Could there be missing dependencies? Or could it be that > the CPU is very old? (Intel E8600 -- yes, from 2009, but at least it's a > 'hybrid' motherboard that takes DDR3 memory :) Since Wheezy loses even > long-term support in May, I guess they won't put much effort into fixing > this. But I like my old Linux boxes. I hope there will be a kernel that they > can run?
There's no reason to blame the age of your PC. 4 or 5 of of my newer PCs have E8400 CPUs. I quit using Wheezy a long time ago, and mostly quit Jessie too. I have multiple installations on PCs 4 or more years older than an E8600 running fine on Stretch. The Stretch update I just did minutes ago was on a 32-bit PC with DDR400 RAM, probably 6+ years older than yours. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
