On Tuesday 04 October 2005 18:41, Anthony Brock wrote: > Quoting Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > And I think that distributing usable root_fs images would be of great > > help...
> > (actually, there are other sources but the site has no link to them - > > plus I don't like that much cherry-picking root_fs's from people I don't > > trust and putting UML's approval on them - who says there's no trojan > > there?). > This is a potential problem. However, and even bigger problem is keeping > the exist root_fs's up-to-date. We have far too many ancient images lying > around that would be very insecure if someone booted them on a live network > connection. That's out of discussion. For that, just take a root_fs made out of a new distro. Most distro don't offer support for such long period (especially, not Fedora). > Also, it would be nice if we had one location holding clear, concise > guidelines > for what a root_fs should have (not HOW to build it, but WHAT it should or > should not have to be UML "compliant"). For example, I'm still uncertain if > /dev/ubd0 or /dev/ubda is the recommended nomenclature for disk devices. > As > a result, I build images with /dev/ubda so I have the flexibility to use > /dev/ubda1 if I need partitions. While minor, this type of detail should be > standardized. ubd0 is more widespread, but ubda makes more sense, supports partitions and is the one used by kernel messages. Also, the point which bites users very frequently (now that DevFS has disappeared) is the use of DevFS device names... which is totally wrong from the very beginning (running devfsd and using standard names would have been a better solution). -- 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! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
