Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Sorry for answering my own questions -- 2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Should't I see a getty at I some point? Using a different FS than busybox worked. I tried the Debian-4.0-x86-root_fs from the aforementioned site, and all worked well. But using the following: sudo ./linux

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I tried the BusyBox image for amd64 and it perfectly works. And now it works for me... almost. :) Using strace, I realised that for whatever reason I must run: % ./linux root= As "root" since strace showed a "permission denied" error. Upo

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/26 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Flavio -- > >> No, you didn't miss anything! You're on the right place. > > Ah good. :) > >> Feel free to ask more questions here. > > Thank you. > > I've built the host kernel now, and booted from it just fine. (SKAS > is in there somewhere). I am

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > % m make oldconfig ARCH=um That should of course read: % make oldconfig ARCH=um Sorry about that! Need more coffee. David. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Def

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- > No, you didn't miss anything! You're on the right place. Ah good. :) > Feel free to ask more questions here. Thank you. I've built the host kernel now, and booted from it just fine. (SKAS is in there somewhere). I am now following this to build the guest kernel: http://uml.jfdi

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Flavio -- > > 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> It would be a great idea but, as you know, there's an official UML >> website. Patches should be available at that site: >> www.user-mode-linux.org at the download section. So that's no >> necessi

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It would be a great idea but, as you know, there's an official UML > website. Patches should be available at that site: > www.user-mode-linux.org at the download section. So that's no > necessity to place them on another server, but simply they cou

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Flavio -- > > 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Try this patch: http://rapidshare.com/files/117542575/skas4-2.6.25.patch.html >> It's the patch I have on my own PC and I have uploaded for you. >> It works for me. > > I feel like an idiot. Than

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now it's compiling the host kernel. And I am just reading up about > guest kernels and filesystems. I am sure I will be back here with > more questions, but I wanted to thank you personally for being so > patient and helpful to me; a rare thing for

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try this patch: http://rapidshare.com/files/117542575/skas4-2.6.25.patch.html > It's the patch I have on my own PC and I have uploaded for you. > It works for me. I feel like an idiot. Thank you so much - that patch does indeed apply cleanly. I

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> It worked for me. >> You know how to apply it, isn't it? > > Yes I do. I did that (saving the patch as skas4-uml.patch), and at the > top-level of the kernel sources ran: > > patch -p1 < ./skas4-uml.patch > > This resulted in numerous .rej -- I inclu

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You have to copy and locally paste only the necessary parts, from > diff --git a/arch/um/include/as-layout.h b/arch/um/include/as-layout.h > to > [...] > + return ret; > +} <- last line of the patch. > > It worked for me. > You know how to ap

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Flavio -- > > 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Ah, right -- thank you, and as you say I'll search the archives to >>> find SKAS4. >> Yes, here is the last patch: >> http://marc.info/?l=user-mod

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ah, right -- thank you, and as you say I'll search the archives to >> find SKAS4. > Yes, here is the last patch: > http://marc.info/?l=user-mode-linux-devel&m=121088437926424&w=2 Ah, yes. I found t

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ah, right -- thank you, and as you say I'll search the archives to > find SKAS4. Yes, here is the last patch: http://marc.info/?l=user-mode-linux-devel&m=121088437926424&w=2 > Does this mean (unlike SKAS3, as you mention) that when > using SKAS4, I w

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Flavio -- 2008/5/25 Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The SKAS4 patch is for both guest and host kernel. > That's not like the skas3 patch which is only for the host kernel. But > now, it doesn't matter! Use the skas4 patch! Ah, right -- thank you, and as you say I'll search the archives to find SKAS

Re: [uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread Flavio
2008/5/25 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, Hello David, >Am I right in thinking that the SKAS patch is only needed on the host > kernel (and not the guests)? The SKAS4 patch is for both guest and host kernel. That's not like the skas3 patch which is only for the host kernel. But now

[uml-user] New user: Basic UML questions.

2008-05-25 Thread David Chanters
Hi all, I've been reading up on UML and decided I want to give it a try. I've done some reading about it, and just have a few questions which I want to get straight in my head, so hopefully some kind souls here will help clarify them for me. Am I right in thinking that the SKAS patch is only nee