I am running Ubuntu 16.04 in a VM, and want to switch from the linux-generic kernel to the linux-virtual kernel. What are the commands to run? I have installed linux-virtual...
apt-get install linux-virtual
Whats next?
asked Jun 13, 2016 at 3:23
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No need to install linux-virtual anymore because it has the same dependencies as linux-generic except the package linux-firmware (compare these: http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/linux-virtual, http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/linux-generic). Also, see the answer here linux-image-virtual packages empty in 14.04 trusty?. But if you want to use it so that you have less packages installed then do this:
sudo apt-get install linux-virtual(you've already done that)sudo apt-get autoremove --purge linux-genericsudo apt-get remove --purge linux-firmwaresudo update-grub
The main packages linux-image-VERSION-generic and linux-headers-VERSION-generic will be the same.
answered Jun 16, 2016 at 8:00
Depends on which host you are running your VM, you should maybe folow this MS article for Hyper-V: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531029.aspx
This enables the possibility to generate an VSS-Snapshot for the Backupsoftware.
Most important are these packages:
apt-get install linux-tools-virtual linux-cloud-tools-virtual
