Re: [uml-user] Building RHEL4 root filesystem?

2006-06-29 Thread Phill Wombat
I've built such a thing... 1) Install beta of VMWare. 2) Install base RHEL4 into a new VM. 3) Boot RHEL4 in single user mode in VMWare 4) tar -zcvf everything.tgz / 5) scp everything.tgz somewhere-else:/a-directory 6) create a blank rootfs volume 7) loop mount same 8) untar everything.tgz onto roo

Re: [uml-user] about mconsole

2006-06-29 Thread paul john
sorry about that . i loged in uml . so it doesn't have been restart. and said refused. 2006/6/28, Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wednesday 28 June 2006 03:41, paul john wrote:> when use uml_mconsole umid, 192.168.0.254> show ok . run restart . return connection refused.You run restart and it

[uml-user] about mem=nM it works thanks for jason

2006-06-29 Thread paul john
because i haven't received a mail but read this info from maillist achieve, so i forward it to list again. maybe many people doesn't received this mail   it works , and what's the meaning of that commands ?     [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:> if start um without mem=256M , it's ok , if start um with mem=2

[uml-user] start uml read-only but hangs while root file system check

2006-06-29 Thread paul john
tried to start an uml make it read only. so i start it with ./linux mem=256M  ubd0r=/root/rootfs   it reports that :   +++Setting hostname rhel4:  [  OK  ]Checking root filesystem[/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /] fsck.ext3 -a /dev/ubd/0fsck.ext3: Read-only f

Re: [uml-user] start uml read-only but hangs while root file system check

2006-06-29 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 04:19:37PM +0800, paul john wrote: > tried to start an uml make it read only. so i start it with ./linux > mem=256M ubd0r=/root/rootfs Why? Jeff Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integ

Re: [uml-user] start uml read-only but hangs while root file system check

2006-06-29 Thread paul john
2006/6/29, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 04:19:37PM +0800, paul john wrote:> tried to start an uml make it read only. so i start it with ./linux > mem=256M  ubd0r=/root/rootfsWhy?   Jeffwhy what ?? ./linux mem-256M ubd0r=/root/rootfs -- skype id (flourishin

Re: [uml-user] start uml read-only but hangs while root file system check

2006-06-29 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:30:20PM +0800, paul john wrote: > 2006/6/29, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 04:19:37PM +0800, paul john wrote: > >> tried to start an uml make it read only. so i start it with > >./linux > >> mem=256M ubd0r=/root/rootfs > > > >Why? > >

Re: [uml-user] start uml read-only but hangs while root file system check

2006-06-29 Thread Jeff Dike
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 11:56:05PM +0800, paul john wrote: > i tried to make a system ,that users can't modify it. is that often be used > ubd0*r *,this r is always won't be use ? What do you think would happen if you tried booting a machine with its root filesystem on a CD-ROM?

Re: [uml-user] Building RHEL4 root filesystem?

2006-06-29 Thread Simon Matthews
Phil, I managed to build a working system without VMWare. 1. Create file 2. Make fiesystem. 3. Mount filesystem with -loop option 4. Create root directories and subdirectories required by RPM. 5. Create device directory (I did this by manually creating a few device nodes, as per the mkrootfs scri