[uml-user] Booting UML from ostfs as root

2006-04-30 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi All, I am not able to boot my UML built upon 2.6.15.6 from hostfs as root filesystem. I have followed the steps given in UML main website under "host file access". Can anybody provide me  the detailed steps with examples on how to boot UML from hostfs sd root filesystem?   Than

[uml-user] Reg: Booting UML 2.6.15.6 Kernel with hostfs as root filesystem

2006-05-22 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi All,     I have my host 2.6.15.6 kernel with skas patch and my guest kernel also in 2.6.15.6 that runs in skas mode. I have no problem in booting the UML kernel with root fileystems provided in uml website. And then in my UML kernel I can mount hostfs into my /mnt/host to access the

Re: [uml-user] Reg: Booting UML 2.6.15.6 Kernel with hostfs as root filesystem

2006-05-22 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi,   Thsnks for the reply. Pls refer inline. Regards, Pranjal  On 5/22/06, Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 22 May 2006 11:07, Pranjal Kumar Dutta wrote:> Hi All,> I have my host 2.6.15.6 kernel with skas patch and my guest> kernel also in 2.6

[uml-user] Packet generator in UML Virtual Network

2006-05-26 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi All,   I am looking for info on pcaket generation for a UML network. I had set up  Bridge and also L3 network through zebra in the same machine. I need to pump L2/L3 traffic from one virtual port. Can anybody point me to a traffic generator that can be used in UML network and also ho

[uml-user] Problems in sharing filesystems between Virtual Machines

2006-05-29 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi,   I am facing a problem in sharing a single root fileystem between multiple UML instances through COW (Copy on write). I am following the steps given in http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/shared_fs.html  for sharing fileystems between multiple UML instances.   I am using the root_f

Re: [uml-user] Problems in sharing filesystems between Virtual Machines

2006-05-30 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi,    I am now able to create  a COW filesystem through uml_mkcow utility and then booting the UML with ubd0=root_fs.cow successfully.   Thanks, Pranjal  On 5/30/06, Brock, Anthony - NET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you have write permissions to the current working directory? I don't k

Re: [uml-user] Problems in sharing filesystems between Virtual Machines

2006-05-30 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
ssword: [EMAIL PROTECTED] um32-2.6.15-release-mod]# tdlib.h>    On 5/30/06, Pranjal Kumar Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,    I am now able to create  a COW filesystem through uml_mkcow utility and then booting the UML with ubd0=root_fs.cow successfully.   Thanks, Pranjal  O

Re: [uml-user] Problems in sharing filesystems between Virtual Machines

2006-05-30 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
W file (probably based of the same original image) for each instance. Your customizations will then be written to the COW file while preserving the base image intact. This will also bypass the file locking issue.   Tony From: Pranjal Kumar Dutta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 30

Re: [uml-user] Problems in sharing filesystems between Virtual Machines

2006-06-09 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
I am now successfully runninf 4 UML instances in a virtual network with COW files. It is a very good feature as my original filesystem remains intact and only COW files are written into. And still I can access all data on my original root_fs without wasting any disk space (that would have required

[uml-user] debugging application inside UML Kernel

2007-04-30 Thread Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Hi, I need to debug an application running inside a UML kernel. Now to do gdb to the running process in side UML. My application has its own shell (CLI) and I need to debug events caused by the CLI. So I need to start a xterm inside UML kernel to start gdb and attach to my application. How