Hi, I am trying to install a Fedora UML image over NFS and I'm having some issues. From a couple of websites I found it looks like it should be possible:
http://linuxhacker.ru/uml/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060110182253/http://toast.debian.net/~may/umlproject/install.html I have installed the UML utilities on the host and compiled a UML kernel using 2.6.21.1 with initrd, cramfs, ramdisk, nfs support, etc. all compiled into the kernel. I downloaded the Fedora Core 4 initrd.img file from: ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/isolinux/initrd.img and started UML using: ./linux noprobe initrd=initrd.img mem=128M ramdisk=10240 con=xterm con0=fd:0,fd:1 eth0=tuntap,,,172.16.0.123 The Fedora Core installer appears in one of the xterm's and asks me to choose a language, a keyboard layout, and an installation method (cdrom, hard disk, nfs, ftp, or http). When I attempt to select one of the network installation methods I get a message saying "No driver found" and it then asks me to select a driver from a list, or use a driver disk. It's at this point that I am completly stumped - from what I have found it looks like it should just work. I downloaded a pre-built Slackware root filesystem image from the UML website and that boots successfully using the same kernel that I used for Fedora and the networking works fine. My reason for wanting to create a UML image using Fedora over NFS is that I have a number of Fedora Core 4 kickstart scripts that I use to quickly build and configure various different servers, and was interested in using the same setup to quickly build and configure different UML images. Has anyone else tried this? Thanks in advance, - David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
