Installation on Ubuntu

Disclaimer

If you are running a system in production you should probably consider building your own kernel based on the vanilla kernel source as described here: Installation_on_Linux_2.6

The binary kernel images provided here are neither official ubuntu nor official Linux-VServer kernel images.

If you have any problems with those kernels please send a mail to the VServer mailinglist and please do not file any bugs on the ubuntu bugtracker.

If you are interested in a different kernel config or have prepared a patch for newer kernels, do not hesitate to contact the VServer mailinglist.

Lucid

Kernel Version: 2.6.32

Vserver patch: 2.3.0.36.29.4

Status: experimental

Known Limitations

linux-image
- CONFIG_AUFS has been disabled

Karmic

Kernel Version: 2.6.31

Vserver patch: 2.3.0.36.19

Status: experimental

Known Limitations

linux-image
- CONFIG_AUFS has been disabled

Jaunty

Kernel Version: 2.6.28

Vserver patch: 2.3.0.36.9

Status: experimental

Known Limitations

linux-image
- CONFIG_AUFS has been disabled
linux-headers
- Up to version 2.6.28-11.42~ppa1 the linux-headers package was broken which broke external modules built manually or via dkms (nvidia, virtualbox). If you are experiencing problems with one of those modules please update to the latest package version and rebuild the modules. For modules built via dkms this can be done with:

dkms remove -m <modulename> -v <moduleversion> -k 2.6.28-11-vserver
dkms build -m <modulename> -v <moduleversion> -k 2.6.28-11-vserver
dkms install -m <modulename> -v <moduleversion> -k 2.6.28-11-vserver

Intrepid

Kernel Version: 2.6.27

Vserver patch: 2.3.0.36.4

Status: experimental

The util-vserver package from intrepid seems to be broken (see: Ubuntu Bug), therefore I have rebuild the jaunty version for intrepid. This version ships with unstripped binaries due to another Ubuntu Bug.

Known Limitations

linux-image
- CONFIG_AUFS has been disabled

Hardy

Kernel Version: 2.6.24

Vserver patch: 2.0.0.5.0.7

Status: experimental

Known Limitations

linux-image
- CONFIG_OCFS2_FS has been disabled

linux-ubuntu-modules
- CONFIG_AUFS, CONFIG_GFS_FS, CONFIG_SQUASHFS, CONFIG_DMRAID45 have been disabled