On 01/31/2013 07:53 AM, Tony Su wrote: > Hello, > > Actually, 4 questions... > > 1. I noticed the standard procedure for preparing and launching > including applying chroot 755 to the backing file. Is this really > necessary? I should think that any file system that is installed into > a file should already be jailed or otherwise restricted from accessing > the Host computer (or any other) file system, or am I mistaken? chroot 755? no idea what you mean. pointers please. chmod maybe, but where?
> 2. I was surprised to see that the downloads at fs.devloop.uk > specified the backing file is prepared differently for UML vs KVM. It's not. The files are the same, it says you may need to do extra stuff to get it to work properly. What the "stuff" is, depends on what you are trying t do. > I've been looking, have not yet found what those differences should be > and I don't see anything based on the steps used to prepare a UML > backing file. > > 3. I don't see any description anywhere where a CDROM virtual device > can be attached to an empty backing file, then run a standard distro > "install." Can this work instead of creating backing files which I > suspect may cause problems(like whether systemd or sysvinit is used by > the distro)? I don't understand the question. > 4. As the subject line describes, because I have run into a variety of > problems using the two 64-bit kernels on the UML homepage in > combination with the various 64-bit fs at http://fs.devloop.org.uk/, > I'm looking to build my own fs (if you want slightly more info on the > problems, the description is after my closing salutation). Because I'm > running one of the distros that is using systemd, I'd like to take > advantage of the relevant features using systemd. I found the > following propsed procedure Systemd, init, openrc, whatever. Not particularly relevant here. Not a UML issue. (snip) > Addendum: > I may d/l the 32-bit kernels and fs for testing but so far I have not > been able to launch the following 64-bit fs from fs.devloop.org.uk > > openSUSE 12.1 (No root fs found) "No root fs found", have you tried telling UML where the root fs is? > Fedora 17 (No console appears as I assumed should happen) Probably should, feel free to share a solution if you find one. > Debian Wheezy (kernel too old, other kernel "unable to resolve LABEL=ROOT) "kernel too old" - what do you mean? "unable to resolve" - have you tried telling it where to find it? > So, bottom line is that at least the 64-bit resources won't work... Some of them don't, yes. Some work with UML, some with KVM, etc.. Cheers Antoine > Have read the "Troubleshooting" page and none of those issues apply to > these problems > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-user mailing list > User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
