-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Blaisorblade wrote: > On venerdì 27 aprile 2007, Antoine Martin wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> These images aren't linked from the home page yet. Each page contains a >> link to the script/commands used to create the image. >> >> Here they are: >> http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/Ubuntu-Feisty/ >> http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/Ubuntu-Dapper/ >> http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/Debian-Etch/ >> http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/BusyBox-1.5.0 >> >> >> >> Some notes/issues - I think the images are usable as-is, but it would be >> nice to get rid of some of those messages: >> 1) Dapper was made from the Breezy image with a "dist-upgrade" rather >> than from scratch, which may trigger some issues. ie: >> * a boot message about /sbin/ifrename which has been replaced by udev >> but still referenced in a script...) > > "dpkg --purge ifrename" should help (I had this too with Ubuntu on host). Ah, thx for that. I've updated the image.
>> 5) Also in feisty: >> mount: none already mounted or /dev/pts busy >> mount: according to mtab, devpts is already mounted on /dev/pts >> (tried removing it from mtab to no avail) > Removing from /etc/fstab (if it's there) helps? It is there, but why should it be taken off? >> 6) Etch doesn't have any debootstrap scripts that I could find for >> Gentoo (even latest unstable debootstrap), and when using the text >> installer it keeps crashing at "detecting hardware" on i386. >> "fakehd/fake_ide" didn't help (if they still do anything). >> I will have to find another way (using debootstrap from within Debian >> 3.1 UML seems like a plan) Even that didn't work... I also tried booting in debug mode, etc.. Can't get Debian x86 to play nice. Anyone? >> And some new kernel issues I just discovered: >> * a 32-bit kernel compiled on 64-bit (using SUBARCH=i386) does not work >> on a 32-bit host. It fails with the usual cryptic message: >> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to >> kernel. >> (but init is there, as the same command line works just fine with a >> different kernel!) > > I got this when testing my first TLS-64bit patch (i.e. 2.6.18-bb1, IIRC). > Removing it made this disappear. I was always puzzled by this. Hmm, that was quite a long time ago! What do you suggest I do? >> * a 32-bit kernel compiled on 32-bit does not boot on 64-bit, all I get is: >> #> ./vmlinux >> "Checking that ptrace can change system call numbers...check_ptrace: >> PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS failed: Invalid argument" >> Versions are always the latest for the guest (2.6.21) and the hosts >> varies (2.6.19.2 for amd64 and 2.6.15 for i386) + skas > > Applies to any (recent) 32bit UML kernel. > > You have a bad 64bit host - the bug is the OLDSETOPTIONS support, and I fixed > it. 2.6.18 has this bug, but 2.6.18.8 includes my fix. It needs however the > attached patch, too (or it'll give another error with TLS). > > Also, 2.6.19.5 is perfectly good (includes the attached patch). Thanks for the info, I always wondered when all these issues got fixed - I've added this info to the top of the page where I mention this issue. Antoine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGM+dMGK2zHPGK1rsRCpj2AJ987vmU6fxigVthxo71PBMG2KpzVwCeMLIR h6ketLsiDMA+C1q6JJr7aHg= =DudW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
