On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:06:40AM +0100, Robert Pommrich wrote: > As I would like to upgrade to buster, I'd like to know: > > Is it possible to run buster with the jessie kernel? Are there perhaps > dependencies of systemd or the like on a higher kernel version?
Others have addressed the root of your problem, but here I will answer the literal question (the symptom): Yes, you can run buster on a 3.16 kernel. The lowest kernel version currently allowed is 3.2, and this restriction is due to glibc. It's documented in the release notes, here: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#glibc-and-linux
