Giovanni Funchal wrote: > Hi, > > I'm stuck with an old red hat pc at work (on which I don't have root > access). Now I'm wanting to install a certain program, but after > checking it would require updating lots of dependences including libc, > binutils, gcc, etc. I could go for the old "./configure > --prefix=$HOME; make install" everything from scratch, but it takes a > lot of time and might not work. > > Worse, if the system administrator decides to (finally) update > something like the kernel, it would break everything. > > So, I'm looking for virtualization as an alternative. This way, I > could use apt-get or similar to install everything I need inside the > virtual machine. > > Having used VMWare in the past, I know it has very good performance, > but needs root privileges to install. I was thinking of using UML or > QEMU. The question is: Do it fits to my needs and any advices? > > Thanks and best regards, > -- Giovanni
I think UML would fit the bill but for good performance, you would need the skas3 or skas 4 patch compiled in the kernel. Since you don't have root access, how are you going to get a decent kernel to support UML? If you can get your administrator to install such a new kernel, then you could get UML running and do as you want. Regards, Benedict ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
