Re: [coLinux-devel] The upcoming release

[Nir P. <ni...@em...>]

Hi,

You can't just install any distribution on coLinux, much like you can't 
do it under UML.
It is simply because kernel  is modified, and you'll need that kernel 
after the installation.

What you should probably have is a bootable 'floppy' or similar with a 
coLinux kernel that is compatible with that distribution (for example, 
have all the modules the installation program depends on), and a few 
scripts to replace the kernel after installation.
I'm affraid you'll have to tweak one such bootable for every 
distribution (unless they run the same isolinux or installer).

Basically, this is just a tip, but someone can go through with it and 
make such bootables.
Maybe someday, even I will try.

Nir


ePAc wrote:

>>Amongst the changes for tomorrow's release, we have:
>>
>>  * The daemon is killable like any other Windows process. Closing it,
>>    CTRL-C, or ending the task, will all cleanly shutdown the Linux
>>    system.
>>  * printk()s are routed to the output of the colinux-daemon box, so you
>>    can see the kernel as it boots without opening the console.
>>  * Some fixes, especially for that BSOD bug lots of you have seen on
>>    startup, and for the network packet corruption issue.
>>  * The build doesn't depend anymore on the Microsoft DDK.
>>  * Overall design improvements.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>could there also be "isofs"/"iso9660" support in kernel ?
>(so as to be able to mount a CDROM and boot off it.. :o)
>
>it would be sweet to be able to boot off a ramdisk from a install CD, load
>the CD up and install "Your Favorite Distro", which can then be shared
>with everyone ... :o)
>
>Thanks,
>Jok
>
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