[coLinux-users] Re: snapshot modules of colinux ...

[Sarah T. <sar...@ya...>]

Android 808 wrote:
> Not a problem.
> 
> I have Colinux installed in C:\CoLinux and have created a folder called 
> "Distributions" within it to host all of the XML and filesystem files 
> for each distrobution I have installed.
> 
> In Distributions I have put a copy of initrd.gz from C:\CoLinux and have 
> uncompressed it.  The uncompressed file should be called initrd, and 
> will have no file extension.  This folder contains sub-directories for 
> each of the distributions, just to keep the files easier to manage.  
> Hopefully the XML file below should clear up any queries about this.  
> Note that I have included initrd as cobd8.  I give filesystems the 
> .linux extension for quicker searching.
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <colinux>
> 
> <block_device index="0" 
> path="\DosDevices\C:\CoLinux\Distributions\Gentoo 2004.3\Gentoo 
> 2004.3.linux"  enabled="true"/>
> <block_device index="1" path="\DosDevices\C:\CoLinux\swap_512MB" 
> enabled="true"/>
> 
> <block_device index="6" path="\Device\Floppy0" enabled="true"/>
> <block_device index="7" path="\Device\CdRom0"  enabled="true"/>
> 
> <block_device index="8" 
> path="\DosDevices\C:\CoLinux\Distributions\initrd"   enabled="true"/>
> 
> <bootparams>root=/dev/cobd0</bootparams>
> 
> <image path="vmlinux"/>
> 
> <memory size="108"/>
> 
> <network index="0" type="tap" />
> 
> </colinux>
> 
> I then start CoLinux with the following command and login as root:
> 
> C:\CoLinux\colinux-daemon.exe -c "Distributions\Gentoo 2004.3.xml" -t nt
> 
> Once this is done you need to create somewhere to mount the initrd image 
> and then mount it:
> 
> mkdir /mnt/initrd
> mount /dev/cobd/8 /mnt/initrd
> 
> I have used /cobd/8 here rather than just cobd8 because Gentoo uses this 
> in the latest releases.  On other distros it may be this or cobd8.  Now 
> cd to this location and run ls just to make sure its mounted and to see 
> what it actually contains:
> 
> cd /mnt/initrd
> ls
> 
> You will notice that the initrd is actually a small filesystem in 
> itself.  I think the original idea was that you could set the initrd 
> file in the XML config and it would automatically install the modules, 
> but it never works for me.  Run the following to get the modules onto 
> root directory of the main filesystem and change to this directory.
> 
> cd lib/modules
> cp vmlinux-modules.tar.gz /
> cd /
> 
> All we need to do now is uncompress the modules as the files in the 
> archive contain the full path required to install them to the correct 
> place.
> 
> tar -xzvf vmlinux-modules.tar.gz
> 
> If that last line do work, blame Linux Format and replace it with:
> 
> gunzip vmlinux-modules.tar.gz
> tar -xvf vmlinux-modules.tar
> 
> Now restart Colinux to see if has worked.  If so, remove the 
> vmlinux-modules file with:
> 
> cd /
> rm vmlinux-modules.tar.gz    OR rm vmlinux-modules.tar   If you had to 
> use the second method.
> 
> 
> I hope this helps.  If not, e-mail me and I'll see what I can do.  I've 
> got Gentoo 2004.3, Fedora Core 3, Slackware 10, Debian Sarge and 
> possibly an LFS6 available if you want one with the modules installed.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Hi, I did as you suggested but it seems that my /dev/cobd is only up to 
/dev/cobd3. Do I have to create a new block device(s)? How?

Thanks