Re: [bitfolk] Some notes on BitFolk's plans to switch to PVH…

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the pointer. It also says that Andy has done this already for the BitFolk installer, which is great.

Regards,
Chris
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Chris Smith <space.dandy@???>

> On 12 Nov 2020, at 08:56, Roger Light <roger@???> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> There are details on the wiki:
> https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Ubuntu#20.04_.28Focal_Fossa.29_and_beyond
> under "No support for LZ4-compressed kernels at BitFolk". Calling it a
> kernel hack makes it sound scarier than it is, it's more a kernel
> compression workaround.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roger
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 at 08:41, Chris Smith <space.dandy@???> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 4 Nov 2020, at 12:29, Roger Light <roger@???> wrote:
>>
>> If I understand correctly, this ultimately gives an upgrade path from
>> Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 without having to use the kernel hack.
>>
>>
>> As it happens I plan to reinstall one of my VPS soon, so I’d like to understand this a bit better. Are you saying that it is not possible to install Ubuntu 20.04 currently without a kernel hack? Where can I read about this? A quick Google search hasn’t revealed anything helpful and the Bitfolk site lists 20.04 as an available option.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
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>> Chris Smith <space.dandy@???>