: On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 22:06, Tim Riker wrote: : > Bob Weaver wrote: : > I doubt either is "true root" access. Let's see, I'll try editing the : > nvram on the motherboard, rewriting the flash bios, installing a new : > bootloader in the mbr and rebooting. : : It depends on your definition of "root". User mode Linux gives you full : "hardware" access to your own virtual machine. It's similar to a copy : of Linux running on an S/390, of course you don't have full access to : the real hardware. It's accessed through the VM, which you have full : access to. : : In any case, root access generally refers to the operating system, not : hardware. One doesn't usually refer to "root access" to the BIOS, or : "root access" to the jumpers on the motherboard. : : UML gives you full root access, with your own operating system on a : virtual machine. I believe you can even compile your own kernel -- it : just has to be compiled for that "hardware" (the VM). : : The original poster was referring to the difference between FreeVSD and : UML, not commenting on whether one or the other allows you to write to : the nvram on the motherboard. FreeVSD is mostly a hacked chroot, while : UML really is your own virtual machine with full root access. For : someone using virtual hosting, that's a huge difference.
My thoughts exactly.. I don't recall the last time I needed to edit my nvram.. Oh wait, yeah I do, that was the 24th of never.. Thanks, Bob ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
