[DRBD-user] Debian kernel 2.6.32-5 already contains DRBD

Lars Ellenberg lars.ellenberg at linbit.com
Thu Mar 24 16:41:14 CET 2011

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, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:37:21PM +0100, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
> To all users of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", using a stock kernel:
> 
> Kernel
> "2.6.32-5 already contains the DRBD module, no need to build it from the
> drbd8-source package anymore."
> See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581310
> So, don't waste your time (as I did;-) trying to compile the DRBD-
> module against the headers.
> Just
>   apt-get install drbd8-utils
>   modprobe drbd
> 
> and go.
> 
> Maybe someone can update the docs of DRBD.

Well, you only get the 8.3.7,
so if you want the bug fixes and features
included in newer DRBD modules,
you still need to get an "external" module somewhere else,
or compile it yourself.

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: Lars Ellenberg
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