Hi, This is a list of what I've learned so far about UML.
I'm simply posting this so that it gets into the archive and may help other people. If any experts see anything wrong, please post a correction... 1. UML is great. Thanks to Jeff and BlaisorBlade and everyone else involved. 2. The site http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net is essential, but a lot of information is out of date and therefore either wrong for later kernels or just confusing. The following points list specific things in relation to this. Take what you read with a "grain of salt". 3. Recent kernels (from which version???) *do not* need a UML patch to compile and run as a guest. Briefly, "make ... ARCH=um" is the important part when compiling and kernel. 4. Recent kernels run SKAS0 by default, SKAS3 if the host kernel has support for it. The boot log *no longer* tells you what mode it is running. You can force "tt" mode if you want when you start the UML kernel: "mode=tt" option. 5. If you run certain distributions on your host, you may find it *very* hard or impossible to find a SKAS3 patch from http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/ that will patch the kernel to allow SKAS3 mode in your guests. For example, my host is Centos 4.4, which is a 2.6.9.who-knows-what-else kernel (i.e. Centos do back-ports from later kernels without updating the .9). I have tried almost every SKAS3 patch and cannot find any that will patch the kernel source. So, I'm running SKAS0, the default, for now... -- Best regards, Russell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
