From: <at...@ne...> - 2002-12-06 18:29:45
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>> >>- will the host OS cache the filesystems of the UMLs or it accesses >> them a more RAM economic way? (some of the UMLs could have 3-5 GB of >> filesystem) >> > >> > >> > cache the filesystem? You can use tempfs for the memory that you >> allocate to each UML, however the actual filesystem is on disk. >> Seeing as how you only have 500MB of RAM, how did you expect to >> cache 3-5GB of filesystems?? >> >> well, I asked this because I do not want to cache it - in another way: >> is there a possibility to avoid caching them (putting every UML on >> another partition is not a solution, maybe if the UML uses a part of >> the original filesystem). > > Either i'm not understanding what you're trying to do, or you don't > understand how UML works. I don't see what partitions have to do with > this at all. You're right, I don't fully understand how UML works. But every product has a purpose and every product has some properties that can be summarized and thus it is possible to decide whether it is possible that it fits your need or not. If it seems that it can fulfill my needs, than I will read every documentation that I need to understand how UML works. Partition: I guess if the filesystem is not a file but a partition, the host system will even not try to cache it - the whole or in part -, only the UML will use it (yes, the host system too, but like a proxy I guess). >> >>if the answers can be found somewhere, please let me know the urls >> or some very specific keywords :-) >> > >> > >> > Well there is http://user-mode-linux.sf.net >> >> I found this list on that one ;-) I read some part of it, but if UML >> does not fit to my needs, I don't want to spend hours/days on reading >> about it and testing. I am grateful for every answer. > > So basically you don't want to read documentation? I'm not sure that > even Linux is for you if you're not willing to put in some time reading > dox. UML is not something that you're going to understand in under an > hour. Yes, I want to read documentation as I wrote above, but only I UML could fit my needs. If it is sure, that it won't fit my needs, than I don't want to spend hours and days to learn and test it. And I don't even want to understand it in under an hour. About Linux: I am using it for several years in many situations - though I am not a kernel hacker and even do not want to be. I am grateful that you took time to answer my questions, because I think now that UML is not the thing I need and I did not have to spend hours on investigating about UML to get the information that you shared with this list. attila |