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 +0000, 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. > >> > >> 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 > > > > You're consistently mispelling this. ubd0, not udb0! I'm not sure, but I > > seem to remember that ubd devices are created. At least they regularly > > appear in sysfs, now. > > A typo in the email, not when I do it. > > The devices should be created but Jeff was saying there's a bug with > udev support? > > > Also, -t extfs is VERY wrong (ever mounted something?). You want one of: > > -t ext2 > > -t ext3 > > -t reiserfs > > extfs meant "some ext fs". Clearly I can use either ext2 or ext3 > depending on what I created. > > As it happens it was an ext2 fs. > > > ... > > > >> should it work? coz it doesn't /8-< > > > > Look at error messages and let them help you finding the road... > > 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 scenario you describe is conceptually correct and works, so there's some hidden error in what you do. -- 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 with Voice: chiama da PC a telefono a tariffe esclusive http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
