Installing Libranet in VMware ?

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> Okay, I guess I've been thinking about this wrong then.  I thought that if
> my host was all XFS, and nothing else, that I had to have XFS built into
> the uml.  From what I understand - the host can be XFS while uml can be
> anything, with ext2 being the easiest, if the uml needs anything from the
> host it's transparent.

Yea, its the same basic concept as vmware.  What goes on inside UML is
(and should remain) irrelevant to what occurs on the host.  You use a
linux kernel for UML with UML support, plus whatever else you want in it.
There have been reports of people successfully building UML kernels with
XFS support, but that's only if you really want your UML filesystems to be
XFS, otherwise its not needed.

If you're looking to do a Debian variant in UML, then there are debian
packages (and filesystems) already available for that purpose (or so i've
heard, i don't use Debian at all).  If you're looking to play with rpm
based distros & UML, then you might want to check out umlbuilder.sf.net.

>
> I may try uml again then.
>
> Net Llama! wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> >> How does uml support kernels with XFS?  As I understand it they patch
> >> against the vanilla which doesn't have XFS until 2.4.23.  I haven't been
> >> able to find any patches for 2.4.23 on the uml site.  It they did I'd try
> >> it, too but I'm all XFS here.
> >
> > XFS in the host, or XFS in the UML instance?  On the host, its a
> > non-issue.  All of my UML servers are XFS filesystems.  The XFS kernel
> > patches and the UML SKAS3 patch do not conflict in any way, and coexist
> > without any problems (one of my UML servers has been up for 175 days).
> >
> > I've never bothered making the UML filesystems XFS, simply because
> > building a UML instance is timeconsuming enough without having to bring
> > XFS into the picture.  I just go with ext2 in most cases, because its
> > faster, and fscking a UML filesystem is fairly trivial.
> >
> >>
> >> Net Llama! wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:
> >> >> Net Llama! wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Yea, it does have a bit of a learning curve.  If you do change your
> >> >> > mind,
> >> >> > let me know.  I'm running 5 servers that use UML extensively.
> >> >>
> >> >> Just curious, what is the application for UML on the servers?
> >> >
> >> > Alot of SourceForge instances.  So basically apache, mailman, cvs,
> >> > ldap,
> >> > exim, rsync & postgresql.  I've got anywhere from 8 to 15 running on a
> >> > single box, each inside of its own UML instance.  I've also just
> >> > brought a new UML server online that does JBoss + Apache2 + Tomcat in
> >> > each UML instance.
> >> >
> >> >> UML is something I ought to learn, but having VMware lessens the
> >> >> motivation.
> >> >
> >> > Understood.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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