On Thu, Oct 29, 2015, at 16:55, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Balaco Baco <balacob...@imap.cc> wrote: > >> > > >> > Really!? I wish I had read that somewhere. Well, just retried with > >> > > >> > another option that is there for me. It is one of the cases I > >> > > >> > detailed > >> > > >> > before that end with error. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Linux 2.6.24?! SRSLY? > >> > > > >> > > If you want me to help, please use a recent/supported kernel. > >> > > Ready-to-use root filesystems can be found everywhere. > >> > > For example: http://fs.devloop.org.uk/ > >> > > > >> > > >> > I'm not sure now, but the two Debian root fs I'm using were downloaded > >> > from the site you point here. Later I'll check their sums, and PS this > >> > in a next message. Kernels 2.6.* were recent and assumed to be supported > >> > in most places I could need - or so I assumed. > >> > >> > What is your definition of recent and your definition of supported? This > >> > may be useful for many other users of UML I guess. The fact that the > >> > kernels offered in the UML website didn't work, and then I tried to > >> > compile from source should be pointed here. I don't think I have done > >> > something so weird or uncommon here - mainly because I don't need much > >> > as long as I have flexibility to execute it. > >> > >> Everything that gets -stable updates. > > > > Website: UML's, http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/, accessed right > > now. > > > > "Getting started" seemed like a good place for me a few weeks ago (and > > still does, but...). And I think it will make many users feel and think > > the same way I did. Except that it gives us wrong directions - but gives > > bad directions for users that will surely follow them without knowing > > the wrong details since they're expecting to see something working to > > get more familiar with UML. "Download THIS ( pointing to > > http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/linux-2.6.24-rc7.bz2) or THIS > > (pointing to > > http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/linux-2.6.24-x86_64.bz2 )". Are > > these kernel versions familiar to you in the list? They are for me, now > > I just understood a few more details, and the possible path to solution, > > to execution without unexpected problems - or so I hope. > > > > The thread I started today, quickly skimmed in the above quotes, shows > > this. The website needs to be fixed. And more than that, needs to be > > updated more frequently (or so I must guess) or write about how users > > can be sure their setup is good enough. > > > > I downloaded both suggested kernels, following the official (and assumed > > best, for that) instructions. Both did not work (and still don't). And > > the one that worked back then is probably needing something I've > > forgotten in these days or stopped to work today. But that one I > > compiled from source - and now I need to do it again, from the very > > start. > > > > Everything that gets stable updates... but this should not exclude the > > UML website, right? > > The website is very old and from the pre-mainline time. > If you volunteer to update and maintain it it would be wonderful. > > I'm not a web designer nor do I have the time for this. >
Really?! I would never bet that it was that old. I can update it. And I also have a little bit of web design knowledge and practices that may be eventually useful. On the other hand, I would need directions and thumbs up to guarantee that the contents are kept correct (which would be my main objetive when changing texts). I have not programmed that much kernel code and "related or almost so" things, although I have a solid C background - and this is something that UML seems to have a broad contact surface, from the messages I have read here. At most a month of medium site changes are good as expectations? Although most of the time I can give a few hours per week, so that month should not look too bad. What would be the process? If only with you directly, I guess we continue to talk about it between us. -- http://www.fastmail.com - mmm... Fastmail... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
