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Slackware current in VirtualBox

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Chris Elvidge

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Sep 20, 2023, 8:27:24 AM9/20/23
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This may be a stupid question.
I run an instance of Slackware Current in VirtualBox (7.0.10)
Do I need to update the kernel firmware at every update?

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Marco Moock

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Sep 20, 2023, 8:47:23 AM9/20/23
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Am 20.09.2023 um 13:27:19 Uhr schrieb Chris Elvidge:

> Do I need to update the kernel firmware at every update?

Update of what?
Slackware?
VirtualBox?

Chris Elvidge

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Sep 20, 2023, 9:35:43 AM9/20/23
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Slackware - current updates nearly every day. kernel-firmware regularly.


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Marco Moock

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Sep 20, 2023, 12:03:29 PM9/20/23
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Am 20.09.2023 um 14:35:39 Uhr schrieb Chris Elvidge:

> Slackware - current updates nearly every day. kernel-firmware
> regularly.

I don't think that VBox needs new firmware. The firmware includes
software for loading into devices.
You maybe need that for new external USB devices if you connect them to
your virtual machine.

Henrik Carlqvist

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Sep 21, 2023, 2:12:27 AM9/21/23
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:27:19 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> This may be a stupid question.
> I run an instance of Slackware Current in VirtualBox (7.0.10)
> Do I need to update the kernel firmware at every update?

As you say, running Slackware current means a lot of updating...
Basically, you might be required to update the kernel firmware after you
have updated the kernel.

If you don't like all those updates you might be better off running
latest Slackware stable which at the time of this writing is Slackware
15.0. Slackware stable only gets security updates.

Depending upon how your virtual machine is used, you might choose to
somehow encapsulate an old OS installation with known security holes in a
virtual environment.

regards Henrik
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