Thanks for the suggestions, but they won't be much help for me since I'm stuck without root access in the host OS.
Anyway, I'm off to figure out how to get uml linux to run in the background. (or rather, how to attach to the console when doing so, as I imagine I can just redirect stdout and tack an & on the end of the command in the host OS) eric >-----Original Message----- >From: andy baxter [mailto:a...@earthsong.free-online.co.uk] >Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:04 PM >To: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [uml-user] uml filesystem > >Haszlakiewicz, Eric wrote: >> So, those are all UML filesystems? Or does UML just use regular >> filesystems with regular binaries? >> >> I was hoping there was a FAQ about this stuff somewhere, but I don't see >> one from the UML home page, and the UML Wiki isn't working. :( >> >As far as I understand it, uml uses a normal filesystem and normal >binaries - the only difference is that you are starting it by running >linux.uml as a normal userland process in the host system, which then >becomes the kernel for the guest system. > >I wrote some very sketchy notes for myself about how to build your own >filesystem on a partition which you can use uml with, which I've >attached in case you find them useful. > >The basic method (which only works on a debian based system) is to use >the debian command debootstrap to download and install a linux base >system inside the partition you've made, then chroot (rather than uml) >into the filesystem to install any more packages you need. > >hope this helps, > >andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
