Re: [Vserver] Lean, mean, vserver machine (ah... kernel)

2004-03-29 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Sam Vilain wrote: > Turning off the modules you don't use is a minefield, there is no > simple answer. Boy did I discover that. Build a new kernel last Friday, cut way back module/driver-wise booted it and got no errors and all the vservers were running or at least appeared

Re: [Vserver] Lean, mean, vserver machine (ah... kernel)

2004-03-01 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Sam Vilain wrote: > Turning off the modules you don't use is a minefield, there is no > simple answer. A good rule of thumb is to use `lspci' and `lsmod' and > make sure that for each piece of hardware that identified that you > care about, you have a driver compiled. Thanks

Re: [Vserver] Lean, mean, vserver machine (ah... kernel)

2004-02-24 Thread Sam Vilain
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:57, Roderick A. Anderson wrote; >    So with a lean .config file all other/specific stuff could be > added.   I'm sure all the serious Linux users on this list already > do this but for us 'challenged' individuals this ain't the > case.  Where I'm heading is is there

Re: [Vserver] Lean, mean, vserver machine (ah... kernel)

2004-02-24 Thread Thomas Gelf
There is only ONE kernel on a vserver system, allowing different virtual "servers" running in different contexts. This is totally different from UserMode Linux (UML) where every virtual server can run a different kernel. With linux-vserver you have to compile one kernel for your system, patched w

[Vserver] Lean, mean, vserver machine (ah... kernel)

2004-02-24 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
I'm taking a few minutes (as the compile of a new vserver kernel goes on) to ask what is probably a very naive question. Has anyone came up with a very lean .config for vserver? Jacques is OK but there looks to be a bit of fluff in it. Unneeded modules, features, etc. I think I have it correct