Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-16 Thread Jeff Dike
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:13:15AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > > The error message is: > > > > $ mknod /dev/udb0 b 98 0 > > $ mount -t ext2 /dev/udb0 /mnt > > mount: /dev/udb0 is not a valid block device > > Either you didn't pass ubd0=ThePath or ThePath is not readable/writable. The > sce

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-16 Thread Blaisorblade
On Monday 16 January 2006 14:28, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Friday 13 January 2006 14:40, Nic Ferrier wrote: > >> Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:44:50PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: > >> >> I'm getting this problem as w

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-16 Thread Nic Ferrier
Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 13 January 2006 14:40, Nic Ferrier wrote: >> Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:44:50PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: >> >> I'm getting this problem as well. But mine seems to be related to udev >> >> not registeri

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-15 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 13 January 2006 14:40, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:44:50PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: > >> I'm getting this problem as well. But mine seems to be related to udev > >> not registering the device. > > > > Yeah, there's something m

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-13 Thread Nic Ferrier
") Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:40:04PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: >> Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> But if I do: >> >>./linux ... udb0=/var/local/somel

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-13 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:40:04PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But if I do: > >./linux ... udb0=/var/local/someloopbackedfile ... > > and then inside UML: > >mknod /dev/ubd0 b 98 0 > > and then: > >mount -t extfs /dev/udb0 /mnt > > should it

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-13 Thread Nic Ferrier
Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:44:50PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: >> I'm getting this problem as well. But mine seems to be related to udev >> not registering the device. > > Yeah, there's something missing in the ubd driver. We need to add > some sort of sysfs

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:44:50PM +, Nic Ferrier wrote: > I'm getting this problem as well. But mine seems to be related to udev > not registering the device. Yeah, there's something missing in the ubd driver. We need to add some sort of sysfs registration there.

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Nic Ferrier
") Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Nithin B R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > Using ubda instead of ubd0 worked. > > Sorry for the unnecessary mails. I'm getting this problem as well. But mine seems to be related to udev not re

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Nithin B R
Hi All, Using ubda instead of ubd0 worked. Sorry for the unnecessary mails. thanks, Nithin On 1/12/06, Nithin B R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pls find it attached. > > regards, > Nithin > > On 1/12/06, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:02:46PM -0500, Nithin B

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Nithin B R
Pls find it attached. regards, Nithin On 1/12/06, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:02:46PM -0500, Nithin B R wrote: > > $ ./vmlinux --showconfig | g UBD > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD=y > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC=y > > Can you post the full boot log? > >

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:02:46PM -0500, Nithin B R wrote: > $ ./vmlinux --showconfig | g UBD > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC=y Can you post the full boot log? Jeff --- This SF.net email is sp

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Nithin B R
Hi, $ ./vmlinux --showconfig | g UBD CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC=y regards, Nithin On 1/12/06, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:11:42AM -0500, Nithin B R wrote: > > But, the kernel panics when it fails to mount the root filesystem. > > --- > > VF

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:11:42AM -0500, Nithin B R wrote: > But, the kernel panics when it fails to mount the root filesystem. > --- > VFS: Cannot open root device "ubd0" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Using which I enabled, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD. I have also

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-12 Thread Nithin B R
hi Jeff, Yes, I did not see a sef fault on 2.6.15. But, the kernel panics when it fails to mount the root filesystem. --- VFS: Cannot open root device "ubd0" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(

Re: [uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-11 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:50:54AM -0500, Nithin B R wrote: > 1) 2.6.14.3 > I am getting a segmentation fault as soon as I run vmlinux. This post, > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.uml.user/8967 This is fixed in 2.6.15. Jeff -

[uml-user] problems with UML on 2.6

2006-01-11 Thread Nithin B R
hi all, I have been trying to compile my version of the UML kernel using the 2.6 version, but have run into these problems with different versions, as explained below. My host OS is Debian 3.1 running the kernel 2.6.8-2. I am able to run the prebuild UML kernel 'linux', and the SKAS patch has alre