Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 03:33:10PM -0600, Allen Unrau wrote: > > Hello all > > > FYI, I have managed to get DRBD installed and running on Ubuntu server > 7.04 byfollowing these steps: > > > 1. install kernel headers (linux-headers-2.6.20-16-server, in my case) > > 2. install drbd8-module-source (this is just a lazy way of getting the > build tools installed through aptitude) instead, do apt-get build-dep drbd0.7-utils drbd0.7-module-source which also should take care to install flex... > 3. download drbd source from drbd.org > > 4. install flex (because when I tried to compile drbd, it complained > that it couldn't find flex) > > 5. move drbd-8.0.4.tar.gz to /usr/src, untar > > 6. cd drbd-8.0.4, make, make install > > The question I have is: since I compiled drbd against my current > headers, what happens when aptitude upgrades my kernel? Will drbd > stop working until I re-compile it? typically, yes. but for every "distribution kernel" there should also be a prebuilt drbd module apt-get'able. if you run your own kernel, have a look at m-a (module assistent), make-kpkg and stuff. there should be some hits in google for that. -- : Lars Ellenberg Tel +43-1-8178292-0 : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna/Europe http://www.linbit.com : __ please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.