Re: [Fwd: Re: [uml-user] x86_64 UML won't boot on IBM x336]

2005-07-21 Thread Phill Wombat
Hi Paolo, Thanks for the reply. I've disabled exec-shield and it's made no difference. (sysctl -w kernel.exec-shield=0). I am able to run my RH73 UMLs in TT mode OK on the x86-64 machine. (This may be of no interest though... different kernel etc. etc.): Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla) Ker

[uml-user] DevFS going to go away in 2.6.13

2005-07-21 Thread Blaisorblade
As was announced a lot of time ago, DevFS is going to go away... in 2.6.13, the configuration option for DevFS has been disabled (i.e. you cannot choose any more to enable it), and the code will probably removed altogether for subsequent releases. So, if you plan to upgrade (and avoid security

Re: [Fwd: Re: [uml-user] x86_64 UML won't boot on IBM x336]

2005-07-21 Thread Blaisorblade
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 01:48, Phill Wombat wrote: > Hi Paolo, > This is where I am, and probably reflects the current state of play with > UML, is this how it should be as you understand things right now?: No, case 2 and 4 are unexpected failures, the rest is as expected. Fix case 2 and you'll

Re: [uml-user] no Files > 2G via HostFS possible

2005-07-21 Thread Blaisorblade
On Thursday 21 July 2005 22:10, Jörg Rennefeld wrote: > >On Thursday 21 July 2005 14:59, Jörg Rennefeld wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have the following problem: I can't create files bigger than 2GB on > >>the Host Disk from inside a UML. > >>Is the Hostfs driver limited to 2GB? I always get the error

Re: [uml-user] no Files > 2G via HostFS possible

2005-07-21 Thread Blaisorblade
On Thursday 21 July 2005 14:59, Jörg Rennefeld wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following problem: I can't create files bigger than 2GB on > the Host Disk from inside a UML. > Is the Hostfs driver limited to 2GB? I always get the error message: > file size limit exceeded I'm gonna look, I guess that thi

[uml-user] no Files > 2G via HostFS possible

2005-07-21 Thread Jörg Rennefeld
Hi, I have the following problem: I can't create files bigger than 2GB on the Host Disk from inside a UML. Is the Hostfs driver limited to 2GB? I always get the error message: file size limit exceeded On the Host itself there is no such file size limit. Is there a way to solve this problem? t