On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 10:43, Brent Thomson wrote: > Here's a chance for somebody to make a little money from your knowledge > of free software. Along the way you might also impress your peers, but > it's mostly just money. > > At the office, we've been trying our hand at rolling our own User Mode > Linux file systems, but without much luck. This is where the contest > comes in. I'm sure there are some of you out there who are experts in > all things UML. So, we'll give $50 to the first person that 1) creates a > 2 GB UML file system that is apt-able (i.e., that you can install .rpm > or .deb packages on, preferably with apt) and 2) submits an article to > the UUG on how they did it.
If you already have a working uml kernel, just run uml-builder (http://umlbuilder.sourceforge.net). It currently doesn't support rh9, but it will do rh7.3 and rh8 and I have a partially working rh9 profile for it. Then install apt-get on it and you'll be in business. I almost have it all working, except that I'm having some problems building my kernel and the prebuilt ones segfault. By the way, umlbuilder supports 17 different rpm-based distros. Michael > > I don't know enough about setting up UML file systems to even know if > what I'm asking for is even feasible or if I've explained it well, so if > there are any questions please post them to the list so that everyone > can get the clarification. > > The winner of the $50 will be the first person to post a link to their > solution and howto. In the off chance that multiple people post winning > solutions at the same time, the solutions will be judged on merit (i.e., > ease of install, etc.). > > Happy hacking! > > -Brent > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
