[uml-user] Re: uml centos3 hang at 'Configuring kernel parameters [OK]'

2006-01-08 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
Guess it's not sent. Just re-send. --xinhuanOn 1/8/06, Xinhuan Zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did try to run user mode linux for centos3. This is my setting:Host Distribution: rhel3 Host Kernel: 2.4.21-27.ELsmpGuest Kernel: 2.4.27-1um SMPCentOS distr: 3 ( http://mirror.trouble-free

[uml-user] uml centos3 hang at 'Configuring kernel parameters [OK]'

2006-01-07 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
I did try to run user mode linux for centos3. This is my setting:Host Distribution: rhel3Host Kernel: 2.4.21-27.ELsmpGuest Kernel: 2.4.27-1um SMPCentOS distr: 3 ( http://mirror.trouble-free.net/centos)I get my centos 3 rootfs by installing distribution in a Fedora Core 3 UML, i.e., I boot up off a

Re: [uml-user] UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-07 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
I don't get what you are trying to say, you mean you don't have acces to ooutput from rpm -qla? That is a social problem, not a technical, so you needa social solution.well, I can do rpm -qla & get a huge list of rpms. But I don't know what rpms must be contained in the basic rootfs. Still don't ge

Re: [uml-user] UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-07 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
What is the tool you use on your distro to make packages when you don't have root? rpmbuild to make rpm packages but does not need root. I just have very limited deployment privs to certain directories using rpm -ivh. Also, I don't have RPM distribution list to access, so I have to use rpmrebuild t

Re: [uml-user] UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-07 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
ool called rpmstrap, something similar to rootstrap. But rpmstrap just have centos3, centos4 scripts provided rootfs base installation. Does anyone know rhel3 base installation rpms? I appreciate anyone's help!!! --xinhuanOn 1/6/06, Xinhuan Zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks very muc

Re: [uml-user] UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-06 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
Thanks very much, Jim. I'll take a look at it. --xinhuanOn 1/6/06, Jim Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Xinhuan Zheng wrote:> Does anyone know how to make a yum repository for, say, rhel3? I found a reference, for Red Hat, that looks pretty complete:http:/

[uml-user] Re: UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-06 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
Guess not send out. Re-send. --xinhuanOn 1/6/06, Xinhuan Zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,Does anyone know how to make a yum repository for, say, rhel3? I know yum client well, but not sure how to make up the yum server repository. (BTW, Fedora Core is a good example of a public yum

[uml-user] UML rootfs yum server

2006-01-06 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
Hi,Does anyone know how to make a yum repository for, say, rhel3? I know yum client well, but not sure how to make up the yum server repository. (BTW, Fedora Core is a good example of a public yum server repository). I want to use the script - http://uml.harlowhill.com/index.php/YumScript. But our

Re: [uml-user] Why I have to use 'devfs=mount' to boot Fedora Core 3 base?

2005-12-30 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
On 12/30/05, Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yep - udev requires sysfs.But I didn't suggest using udev - however it would work (i.e. create ubdnodes) however for a recent enough kernel. I agree. I'm using 2.6.11 kernel, probably not recent enough. See your distro policy - possibly it must

Re: [uml-user] Why I have to use 'devfs=mount' to boot Fedora Core 3 base?

2005-12-30 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
0.1 using same uml kernel without 'devfs=mount'. Why is that? --xinhuan On 12/30/05, Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 30 December 2005 05:37, Xinhuan Zheng wrote:> I've bootstrapped uml host 'uml-test', which is downloaded from> www.stearns.org/uml

[uml-user] Why I have to use 'devfs=mount' to boot Fedora Core 3 base?

2005-12-29 Thread Xinhuan Zheng
I've bootstrapped uml host 'uml-test', which is downloaded from www.stearns.org/uml-root/, root_fs.fc-3-base.pristine.20050605.bz2. I have to use 'devfs=mount' to make it, otherwise, I'll get 'Unable to open initial console' error. Here is my set-up to build uml: Host Kernel: 2.6.11.5 Skas: skas-2