Thank you Blaisorblade for help! 2005/8/12, Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 08 August 2005 12:52, Väisänen Teemu wrote: > > Hi. I have couple of questions about UML. > > > > I have Fedora core 3 and 2.6.9-1.667 kernel installed in my computer. > > > I have tried to read UML installation guides, and If I have understood > > right, that kernel has UML support. > Well, sources for 2.6.9 include support for UML (but it's outdated), what you > have installed is likely a binary kernel. And that is not reusable for UML, > which requires a completely different binary (thought it's obtained from the > same sources).
2.6.9-1.667 came along when installing Fedora Core 3 from it's CDs. So should I install for example 2.6.12 for host kernel? Do I need to install UML-patches also for that? > See below the other thread: "problems getting started with User mode linux" > > First: you have different host and guest kernel. The host kernel is the one > you select with grub, the guest one is the UML kernel, normally named like > "vmlinux-2.6.12", which you run as a normal program to launch UML, like: > > ./vmlinux-2.6.12 ubd0s=root_fs_image > > Well, you have 4 option, for obtaining the guest kernel: > *) downloading a binary one from somewhere - please an up-to-date version. > > Or compiling from source, from best to worst: > > *) using 2.6.12 + -bs11 patches from my homepage: this will give you the a > very stable UML version. Well, it turn out, that one program needs 2.6.10 -kernel, so I need it as guest -kernel. I haven't find out UML-patches for that. Is there and do I need some? > *) using vanilla 2.6.9 (not 2.6.9-1.667, which contains patches from Fedora > which probably don't play well with UML) or it with its latest -bs patch. > Vanilla 2.6.9 doesn't work well on 2.6.9/10 hosts, because they have a "bug" > for debugging. > > *) using 2.6.8.1 with patches from UML site (unrecommended - less stability). > > For compiling: > *unpack the kernel and apply patches; > > *then do > make defconfig ARCH=um > > * then make xconfig ARCH=um or make menuconfig ARCH=um for changing options. > > * then make ARCH=um and use the resulting "linux" or "vmlinux" binary. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
