Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-23 Thread David Lang
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: On Thursday 23 March 2006 04:34, David Lang wrote: On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: On Thursday 23 March 2006 02:09, Nix wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Lang uttered the following: Debian there is trying to be smart anyway and helping the us

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-23 Thread Blaisorblade
On Thursday 23 March 2006 04:34, David Lang wrote: > On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: > > On Thursday 23 March 2006 02:09, Nix wrote: > >> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Lang uttered the following: > > Debian there is trying to be smart anyway and helping the user which > > forgot "make" (and p

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: On Thursday 23 March 2006 02:09, Nix wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Lang uttered the following: when you do ifup debian immediatly attempts to startup sendmail (apparently by doing make as you see here). if you can't do name resolution until other in

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Thursday 23 March 2006 02:09, Nix wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Lang uttered the following: > > when you do ifup debian immediatly attempts to startup sendmail > > (apparently by doing make as you see here). if you can't do name > > resolution until other interfaces come up you end up with

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Nix
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Lang uttered the following: > when you do ifup debian immediatly attempts to startup sendmail > (apparently by doing make as you see here). if you can't do name > resolution until other interfaces come up you end up with a 30 second > delay in your machine booting. I act

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Nix wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered secretively: On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:46, David Lang wrote: Configuring network interfaces...make: /etc/mail/Makefile: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `/etc/mail/Makefile'. Stop. m

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 12:10:02PM -0800, David Lang wrote: > are you saying that hostfs can't work as / or can't work if the uml is run > as user root? hostfs can't work as /. Jeff --- This SF.Net email is spo

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Nix
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered secretively: > On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:46, David Lang wrote: >> Configuring network interfaces...make: /etc/mail/Makefile: No such file or >> directory >> make: *** No rule to make target `/etc/mail/Makefile'. Stop. >> make: /etc/mail/Makefile

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Jeff Dike wrote: On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:46:57AM -0800, David Lang wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: hostfs as root is not well supported. good to know, I'll avoid useing it for now. is it on the roadmap to be supported? No, it can't work as root, for

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:46:57AM -0800, David Lang wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: > >hostfs as root is not well supported. > > good to know, I'll avoid useing it for now. is it on the roadmap to be > supported? No, it can't work as root, for a variety of reasons. However, h

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:46, David Lang wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: Ok, this is not hostfs-related likely. Checking root file system... fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) fsck.ext2: No such device or address while trying to open /dev/sh

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:46, David Lang wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: > > Thanks for the reply > > >> I've got it working with a root_fs image, but I would like to use to > >> hostfs, when I attempt to use it with the command line > > > > hostfs as root is not well supporte

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Anthony Brock wrote: Quoting David Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I also get several thousand lines of error message like the following line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: i

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Blaisorblade wrote: Thanks for the reply I've got it working with a root_fs image, but I would like to use to hostfs, when I attempt to use it with the command line hostfs as root is not well supported. good to know, I'll avoid useing it for now. is it on the roadmap to

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Anthony Brock
Quoting David Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I also get several thousand lines of error message like the following line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioctl KDGKBTYPE called line_ioctl: tty0: ioct

Re: [uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Monday 20 March 2006 19:07, David Lang wrote: > I have a project at work where we are considering takeing some security > applications that currently require their own set of hardware on each > network (with over a dozen different networks this adds up to quite a few > boxes) and replace them wi

[uml-user] newbe questions

2006-03-20 Thread David Lang
I have a project at work where we are considering takeing some security applications that currently require their own set of hardware on each network (with over a dozen different networks this adds up to quite a few boxes) and replace them with slightly beefier boxes running the application in