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Re: SL 6
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:37:15 -0700
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On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 12:39:13AM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> >
> > If you know the magic incantation to boot old SL/RHEL images (tarballs or rsync's)
> > in a container on RHEL 7 or 8 or on Ubuntu LTS 20.04, or if you can point me to such incantations,
> > I would greatly appreciate it!
> 
> The "incantation" sepends, once again, on your specific needs.
>

So you do not know the incantations, either. bummer.

To remember the problem: I have SL4, SL5, etc images (tarballs of the original machines),
how do I run them on RHEL-7/RHEL-8/Ubuntu-LTS-20, in a VM, in a container, by hook or crook.
(Assume I know how to untar a tarball).

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Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
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