-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 kewlemer wrote: >> >> > Warning: couldn't stat file: /root/.uml/linux/mconsole - No such file >> > or directory >> > Warning: couldn't stat file: /tmp/uml/linux/mconsole - No such file >> or directory >> > Sending command to 'linux' : Connection refused >> >> These suggest that you are messnig up the umid. Did you put >> 'umid=linux' on the UML command line? >> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.21]# >> > >> > 2. I also followed the instructions swap on >> > http://www.ime.usp.br/~baroni/docs/uml-en.html. Basically, I did - >> > $ cd /dev >> > $mkdir /ubd >> > $cd ubd >> > $ for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do mknod ubd$i b 98 $[ $i * 16 ]; done >> > $ dd if=/dev/zero of=swap_file count=200 bs=1M >> > $ mkswap swap_file >> > $ umount /mnt/vmfs >> > >> > During bootup I see the following log - >> > ubda: unknown partition table >> > Couldn't stat "swap_file" : err = 2 >> >> That's because you seem to have made swap_file within the UML and >> tried to connect UML's ubdb to swap_file on the host. >> > Thanks for the pointers. From what Jeff and Antonie said, I realized > that I need to have UML kernel running to use mconsole and uml_swap > and root_fs should be in the same dir in the host fs. So here is what > i did - > > 1. Created uml_swap in the host fs in the same dir as root_fs > (actually root_fs is in /opt/ and I have a symlink to it in /root/uml/ > and so uml_swap is in /rrot/uml). And then I tried - > (a) ./linux ubd0=root_fs ubd1=uml_swap mem=128M con0=fd:0,fd:1 > con=xterm eth0=tuntap,tap0,FE:F0:00:00:00:01,192.168.0.254 umid=vm001 > Boot log - > ubda: unknown partition table > ubdb: unknown partition table > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep Swap > SwapCached: 0 kB > SwapTotal: 0 kB > SwapFree: 0 kB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > (b) ./linux ubda=root_fs ubdb=uml_swap mem=128M con0=fd:0,fd:1 > con=xterm eth0=tuntap,tap0,FE:F0:00:00:00:01,192.168.0.254 umid=vm001 > Boot log- > ubda: unknown partition table > ubdb: unknown partition table > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep Swap > SwapCached: 0 kB > SwapTotal: 0 kB > SwapFree: 0 kB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > Note that I created uml_swap by doing - > dd if=/dev/zero of=uml_swap bs=1024 seek=$[ 1024 * 1024 ] count=1 > > Then when UML is booted in a new host console I did a - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.21]# uml_mconsole vm001 config ubd1=uml_swap > ERR Device is already configured > If swap is configured, then why do I see the unknown partition table > message and why cat /proc/meminfo | grep Swap shows 0 swap space ? mkswap /dev/ubdb swapon /dev/ubdb
man fstab Antoine > I promise that I'll read more upon ubd(which I think is causing the > problem), but can anyone please tell me why I don't see swap space in > UML? Or what I'm doing wrong. > > Thanks in advance, > KM > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXY/qGK2zHPGK1rsRCu+5AJsFVPgqW1vy4M+2qgpEhkPjVmMwWwCfY/ov mpKRltgEGyyA7xZzHDK4DNc= =L9Ya -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
