Re: [uml-user] monitoring a uml virtual system

2009-08-16 Thread andy baxter
Sorry my stupid mistake - I was running uml as a user who didn't have privileges on /dev/sda5. It works fine if I run as root. andy andy baxter wrote: > I've had a go at getting UML running off a partition on the host system. > What I've done is: > > - prepare it as an ext3 filesystem. > - mount

Re: [uml-user] monitoring a uml virtual system

2009-08-16 Thread andy baxter
P.S. I've tried again with ubd0=/dev/sda5 (spelling mistake before). It's still not working - I've attached the full error log. andy andy baxter wrote: I've had a go at getting UML running off a partition on the host system. What I've done is: - prepare it as an ext3 filesystem. - mount it an

Re: [uml-user] monitoring a uml virtual system

2009-08-16 Thread andy baxter
I've had a go at getting UML running off a partition on the host system. What I've done is: - prepare it as an ext3 filesystem. - mount it and debootstrap a debian base system into it. - checked it works when you chroot to it. - install the user-mode-linux debian package. - run: $ linux.uml mem=1

[uml-user] monitoring a uml virtual system

2009-08-15 Thread andy baxter
Hello, I am thinking of using UML to run a website in a virtual machine. The idea is that this will provide an extra layer of security. What I'm thinking of doing is: - setting up a partition to use as a UML disk. - running UML on the host machine. - running a webserver (probably apache) inside