Re: [uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Hi and thank you for help! 2005/8/12, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 02:12:20PM +0300, V?is?nen Teemu wrote: > > After many messages it goes to login -screen, but after that or in that it > > says: > > > > INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > Wha

[uml-user] ile: unable to allocate pty/tty pair

2005-08-11 Thread M Taha Masood
Ernie , your mail was helpful , with the help of your mail and some help from Jeff Dike at IRC , i got past this issue , till the point where now i come to the login prompt but then after giving the correct user name and password , it gives the error of "ile: unable to allocate pty/tty pair" see de

Re: [uml-user] Hostfs: Restricting access

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:04:46PM +0200, uml wrote: > I'm trying to restrict the access for hostfs. When starting the > uml-kernel with the option "hostfs=/some/directory" I can mount this > directory with the command "mount none /mnt/host -t hostfs". But I am > still able to mount the hosts "/" w

Re: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:45:20PM +, Marco Garc?s wrote: > No, the root_fs has enough space i know 4 sure! :( any more ideas? A sparse root_fs with no space left on the host filesystem? Jeff --- SF.Net

Re: [uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 02:12:20PM +0300, V?is?nen Teemu wrote: > # ./linux26 mem=160M ubd0=cow,root_fs.2005060501 ubd1=swap > root=/dev/ubd/0 con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1 > > It seems to start, altought there seems to be at least one problem: > ... > Starting udev: MAKEDEV: error making /dev/cpu/0/mi

Re: [uml-user] Hardware Requirements -Some Questions about UML by a Newbie

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 06:17:03PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - Opteron Support > I shall setup several services on a Dual Opteron 250. I came across some > issues with Opterons and I wonder if Opterons are ok for UML? Are they > stable? Or ist this a problem with 64 Bit Mode only and UML

Re: [uml-user] Problems with ARCH=um and .config -file

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:13:32AM +0300, V?is?nen Teemu wrote: > And there are REALLY MANY problems/errors, like > ... > /boot/config-2.6.9-1.667:2243: trying to assign nonexisting symbol > USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_USA19W make mrproper make mrproper ARCH=um cp arch/um/defconfig .config then do your c

Re: [uml-user] sleeping process xxxxx got unexpected signal : 11

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:25:12PM +0100, Ajitabh Pandey wrote: > I am on Ubuntu 5.04 (kernel 2.6.10). I have downloaded the 2.6.10 kernel from > > kernel.org and did the following: > I would try something newer. 2.6.10 is fairly old at this poin

[uml-user] compiling problems with uml-2.6.12-bb10-skas0.patch.bz2

2005-08-11 Thread Sven Hessler
Hi, I tried to compile the guest kernel using linux-2.6.12.3 (from kernel.org) and the patch: uml-2.6.12-bb10-skas0.patch.bz2 but all I got were the following errors: -- snip -- arch/um/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x78da): In function `linux_main': arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c:352: undefined reference

Re: [uml-user] Hardware Requirements -Some Questions about UML by a Newbie

2005-08-11 Thread Nix
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, eric leitner wondered: > - SKAS / TT > Is SKAS really worth the trouble? I mean is the performance better? Or > are there other issues why one should use SKAS Mode? Drastically better performance, easier debuggability, lower load on the host, better security. Use it unless you

Re: Fwd: Fwd: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Ruaidhri Power
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:52:39PM +, Marco Garces wrote: > How exactly do i use static device nodes instead of udev? sorry.. but > im a newbie on this I'd suggest you do three things: First, try another guest image to make sure that works - particularly if it might fulfill your needs. T

Fwd: Fwd: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Marco Garcês
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ruaidhri Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 11, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [uml-user] booting To: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:02:44PM +, Marco Garcs wrote: > Nope.. left the root_fs mounted on loop, a

[uml-user] Hardware Requirements -Some Questions about UML by a Newbie

2005-08-11 Thread eric_leitner
Hi, I'm taking a look at UML for the first time and I'm wondering about a few things. Would be great to hear some experiences. - SKAS / TT Is SKAS really worth the trouble? I mean is the performance better? Or are there other issues why one should use SKAS Mode? - Opteron Support I shall setu

Re: Fwd: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Ruaidhri Power
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:02:44PM +, Marco Garcs wrote: > Nope.. left the root_fs mounted on loop, and did a watch "df -i", and > this is what i see: > > /uml/root_fs 0 0 0- /uml/loop Are you sure you're mounting the filesystem correctly? This is how I do it o

[uml-user] Hostfs: Restricting access

2005-08-11 Thread uml
I'm trying to restrict the access for hostfs. When starting the uml-kernel with the option "hostfs=/some/directory" I can mount this directory with the command "mount none /mnt/host -t hostfs". But I am still able to mount the hosts "/" with the command "mount none /mnt/host -t hostfs -o /" I thoug

Fwd: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Marco Garcês
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ruaidhri Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 11, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [uml-user] booting To: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:45:20PM +, Marco Garcs wrote: > No, the root_fs has enough space i know 4

RE: [uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 m inutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread Ernie Fontes
I had a similar problem. Here's how I fixed it: 1) Boot your UML with this option added on the command line: init=/bin/sh 2) That should allow you to poke around in /dev. Check for terminals (eg. tty0, tty1, tty/0, tty/1). 3) If there are none, and if you are using DevFS - which I suspect you are

RE: [uml-user] problems getting started with User mode linux

2005-08-11 Thread Ernie Fontes
Right, recompile the guest. If and when you get to recompiling the host, note that the UML patch and the SKAS patch cannot coincide on a kernel, so you need to patch another vanilla kernel with the SKAS patch. To keep it straight: Guest - Kernel with UML patch (preferably a "bs" version - for "Bl

Re: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Ruaidhri Power
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:45:20PM +, Marco Garcs wrote: > No, the root_fs has enough space i know 4 sure! :( any more > ideas? Could the filesystem have run out of inodes? Use `df -i' to check. -- Ruaidhri --- SF.Net email is Spon

Re: [uml-user] booting

2005-08-11 Thread Marco Garcês
On 8/10/05, Nelson Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ oops ] > > > > * The "tar" command failed with error: > > > > rd/c6d27p4: Cannot mknod: No space left on device > > tar: rd/c6d27p5: Cannot mknod: No space left on device > > tar: rd/c6d27p6: Cannot mknod: No space left on device > > tar

Re: [uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Hi, here is my UML starting log: # ./linux26 mem=160M ubd0=cow,root_fs.2005060501 ubd1=swap root=/dev/ubd/0 con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1 Checking for the skas3 patch in the host...not found Checking for /proc/mm...not found Checking PROT_EXEC mmap in /tmp...OK Linux version 2.6.10-rc2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED

[uml-user] sleeping process xxxxx got unexpected signal : 11

2005-08-11 Thread Ajitabh Pandey
Hi, I am on Ubuntu 5.04 (kernel 2.6.10). I have downloaded the 2.6.10 kernel from kernel.org and did the following:

Re: [uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread M Taha Masood
Hello, i am also seeing similar problem. my host kernel is 2.6.9-1.667 i downloaded the kernel version 2.6.12.3 from kernel.org and built it for ARCH=um after enabling virtual block devices. Then i used the root_fs_toms1.7.205.bz2 filesystem guest file from http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.ne

[uml-user] INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes -problem

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Hi. I am trying to start UML. I have Fedora Core 3 and 2.6.9-1.667 -kernel installed. I have followed http://www.stearns.org/uml-root/root_fs.fc-3-base.pristine.20050605.note instructions, I downloaded root filesystem for FC3: root_fs.fc-3-base.pristine.20050605.bz2 from http://www.stearns.org

Re: [uml-user] Re: Problems with ARCH=um and .config -file

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Thanks Mikael! This is still a problem: > >>Problem is, that if I save .config -file in menuconfig/xconfig etc., > >>lines which caused errors before, disappear. Without ARCH=um > >>-parameter they work fine. > > I _think_ that's because en uml guest kernel doesn't use those symbols > in the ker

Re: [uml-user] Re: Problems with ARCH=um and .config -file

2005-08-11 Thread Mikael Löfstrand
Hello, Now I'm a UML newbie too, so please correct me if I'm wrong... Väisänen Teemu wrote: I haven't put new root filesystem yet. I have downloaded necessary files from http://www.stearns.org/uml-root/ but not yet installad them. Is new root filesystem needed before compiling UML kernel? No,

[uml-user] Re: Problems with ARCH=um and .config -file

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Hi. More info about my problem. I haven't put new root filesystem yet. I have downloaded necessary files from http://www.stearns.org/uml-root/ but not yet installad them. Is new root filesystem needed before compiling UML kernel? -Teemu Väisänen 2005/8/11, Väisänen Teemu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

[uml-user] Problems with ARCH=um and .config -file

2005-08-11 Thread Väisänen Teemu
Hi, I have couple of questions about compiling a new UML-kernel. I loaded linux-2.6.9.tar.gz and uncompressed it to /uml/ -folder (so there are /uml/linux-2.6.9/ -folder. No patches are applied yet. I loaded uml-2.6.9-bs7.patch.bz2 to /uml/linux-2.6.9/ -folder and applied it in the same folder: