Re: [coLinux-users] using 2.6 kernels, moving to latest coLinux snapshot, etc.

[Joe W. <jb...@ma...>]

Hi, Henry and George!

Thank you both very much for your helpful explanations!

There was one bit I didn't understand fully:

> > I noticed from an earlier message that there is a build of the
> > 2004-07-19 version from the monotone repository available at
> > http://firechief.dyndns.org/colinux/>. Does this version fix
> > the problems?
> 
> This version doesn't provide any gettimeofday fixes that aren't
> in 0710.  It does include an fix for memory allocation that
> reportedly
> speeds-up boot time, and an fix for situations where starting
> up sometimes resulted in an cannot connect to pipe errors.  It's
> an build of monotone's 07/17/2004 changes (which where what was
> there on 07/19/2004) when I built that version to give to an
> guy experiencing an odd problem.  Oddly enough the build fixed
> his problem, so I left it up and have recommended to several
> people experiencing problems to try it.  It's not an OFFICIAL
> snapshot/release or otherwise.  It's just the latest sources
> on 07/19 compiled, and archived in to an archive.  It doesn't
> even have an installer.  You will probalby want to/need to install
> 0710 as a pre-requisite to running this version if you wish to
> try it.

Why would I need to install the 2004-07-10 snapshot?  Here is what I
think I need to do:

  * mkdir '/c/Program Files/coLinux/0.6.2-gbp-2004-07-19'
  * cp coLinux-0.6.2-gpb.tar.bz2 '/c/Program Files/coLinux/0.6.2-gbp-2004-07-19'
  * cd '/c/Program Files/coLinux/0.6.2-gbp-2004-07-19'
  * tar xfj coLinux-0.6.2-gpb.tar.bz2
  * stop coLinux
  * cd ..
  * colinux-daemon --remove-driver
  * cd 0.6.2-gbp-2004-07-19
  * colinux-daemon --install-driver
  * cp ../gentoo-i686-ext3-4g.colinux.xml .
  * ln -s ../gentoo-i686-ext3-4g .
  * ln -s ../swap_256Mb .
  * colinux-daemon -c gentoo-i686-ext3-4g.colinux.xml
  * hope that it boots okay

What would go wrong with this?  Why would I need to have installed the
2004-07-10 snapshot first in order for this to work?

> After that, you'd back-up or make an copy of the 0710
> install directory, and unarchive this archive over the top of
> the existing files.


> > Is there any good prediction on when there will be an official
> > coLinux 0.6.2 release? If it is in the next 2 weeks, then I am
> > better waiting for it, but otherwise I want to consider using a
> > development snapshot.
> 
> I'm not sure when Dan's going to release another snapshot or
> release.  I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that it'd be in the
> next 2 weeks,

Sounds great!

> but I maybe wrong.

I hope you're right.

> I've been running the 07/17
> code with other patches (namely UML's SKAS3 patch) applied since
> 7/28 with very little issues.  I'd say the 07/17 code is fairly
> stable and worth moving to TODAY, if it solves your problems.

Okay, this sounds good.

> Even if it doesn't solve your all your problems, it will help
> us deteremine which ones we have solved and which ones still
> need some work.

Okay, I will report back (assuming I try it).

I will reply more later to the other points.  I have to go now.

-- 
Thanks,

Joe