On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 05:49:57PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >i tried to install debian sarge rc2 into an uml system. the host is > >running a kernel 2.6.8-10 with applied skas patch from > >http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/skas3-2.6/host-skas3-2.6.7-v7.patch > > > >(should be ok for 2.6.8 too, debian provied only patches till 2.6.7). the > >uml kernel is from > >http://packages.debianbase.de/sarge/i386/uml-exp/user-mode-linux_2.6.8-1um-1.tha9.deb. > > > >for the installer i used initrd 2.6 from a debian rc2 cd set. > > > >the install process stop when its time to install the > >kernel-image-2.6.8-5. the output of /var/log/message tell that setting > >up kernel-image-2.6.8-5 has failed: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device > >/dev/ubd/disc4/disc (wich is a logical volume on host) is not a block > >device. i found a closed bug report (#257373: Support for UML ubd > >devices), but a grep on /target/usr/sbin/mkinitrd return the line "echo > >ubd". Can anybody tell me how to install debian into an uml system with > >debian installer? Would it help to use fake_ide, fakehd as uml boot > >parameters or anything else? > > > even with the "expert26" option i can't omit the installation of the > kernel. if it possible to omit the kernel installation in an other way? > Should the installer not allow to install without a kernel, wich make > sense for an uml system or better for me?
Not installing the kernel is not currently supported. You could hack a base-installer so that it don't installs a kernel though. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
