[coLinux-users] coLinux + Knoppix

[Aaron S. <as...@in...>]

I got knoppix 3.3 to work with coLinux.  I had to make a few changes, =
most notably:

1) The kernel supplied with coLinux does not include the 'cloop.o' =
driver necessary to mount the knoppix filesystem.  Similarly, the stock =
knoppix kernel does not support any of the coLinux drivers.  So we must =
then use an uncompressed filesystem.  In this case, I created a 3GB ext3 =
filesystem and then performed a 'cp -a' from the /KNOPPIX filesystem to =
the new filesystem while knoppix was running.  If we rebuild the kernel =
to include both the coLinux patches and include the cloop.o kernel =
driver, then modifing the initrd that comes with knoppix is sufficient.

2) Created a link to /dev/hda1 to /dev/cobd0 so the knoppix discover =
stuff would stumble on the correct root filesystem.  I of course created =
a real cobd0.

3) Created a modified xinit so that it would bring up vncserver.  I also =
then created an icon on my windows desktop that starts up TightVNC's =
vncviewer to connect to the knoppix virtual machine.

Notes:

Keyboard, Video, mouse work awesome.  (Full screen VNC works just as =
good as standalone knoppix)
The image works great in both 'bridged' and 'tap' network modes.  The =
only problem I found is that if you are running 'bridged' mode and a =
DHCP server is not running, then knoppix does not get an IP address.  =
Because of this you cannot then VNC to vncserver if you are running in =
bridged and there is no DHCP server. (In this case, it is better to run =
in bridged mode).

There was a few other changes.  I'll post the full details later when I =
get time.