On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:33:27 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Lange wrote: > > > I believe that deloptes' rather harsh comment referred to your > > suggestion that the OP should upgrade to Sid rather than to anything > > else you wrote. > > yes indeed - thats true > > in fact you can setup sid with debootstrap, chroot to it, build your > kernel there and install on your stretch box. there are some side > effects though. Last time I did something like this, when installing > VMware, it told me that it needs the proper compiler, to compile the > modules. I never tried, but I think probably one could even start a live Sid environment, mount one's hard drive on /mnt and then compile the kernel. Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Dammit Jim, I'm an actor, not a doctor.
