>That would work, but there is another possibility : >loop-mount the root_fs from the host and use the rpm >option to specify where you want to install the >packages.
As per guidance, I have tried the following method [EMAIL PROTECTED] UML]# rpm -i --prefix /mnt/cdrom/usr/local binutils-2.13.90.0.18-9.i386.rpm error: package binutils is not relocateable Any suggestions ? I am using Red Hat 8.0. Is there filesystem which has all these utilities installed ? Thanks & Regards Dinesh --- Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2005 18:37, Dinesh Ahuja wrote: > > > When you install a package inside the UML > > > filesystem, the fact that it's UML > > > does not matter *at all* (unless it's hdparm, > which > > > will likely fail since > > > there is no IDE device)... You must only think > to > > > what distro you are using > > > in the UML filesystem. > > > > I got your point. I am working with Red Hat and it > > means that I need to download the rpm packages for > GNU > > utilities. > > > > As rpm was not available in UML filesystem , I > tried > > to run rpm by mounting host file system [Red Hat > which > > has rpm installed in /bin directory]. > > I got following error : > > rpm: error while loading shared libraries: > > librpm-4.2.so: cannot open shared object file: No > such > > file or directory. > > > > Please tell me where I am going wrong. To install > rpm > > packages, i need to have rpm manager installed in > UML > > filesystem. Am i right in my understanding ? > That would work, but there is another possibility: > loop-mount the root_fs from > the host and use the rpm option to specify where you > want to install the > packages... don't do that if the Distro versions are > too different because > different RPM version have different archive > versions. > > > Are you sure you built your kernel with module > > > > > support? > > > > Yes. Module support in switched on. > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Dinesh > > > -- > Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating > Homer Simpson's "Doh!". > Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID > "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) > http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade > > > ___________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger: chiamate gratuite in tutto il > mondo > http://it.beta.messenger.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends 'n family snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://in.photos.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
