Can you use GNU screen to make a 'headless' UML instance? On Apr 8, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Haszlakiewicz, Eric wrote:
> > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
