Re: [coLinux-users] Re: Ubuntu Breezy on coLinux

[George P B. <geo...@gm...>]

  We probably need to replace the cobd block device with one that can
handle partitions.  QEMU, VMWare, and even UML now support this...=20
Doing this should allow the partition step in installer to work.=20
After that, the X problem is the only other significant problem, and
it appears to mostly be fixed in 0.6.3

George

On 11/19/05, danny staple <ori...@gm...> wrote:
> Should the colinux community be starting to approach Dist guys and
> getting them to build colinux friendly installers? Is colinux mature
> enough and got the uptake for it? I would certainly like the
> installers to cope with colinux without as much faffing about. If we
> could boot the disk with a parameter, or have an advanced box with
> questions like "will this be installed for a colinux (or other
> VM/Nested Native Execution modules)" - which will ensure that hardware
> probes are skipped, disk partitioning is optionally swapped for
> building a disk image, and potentially harmful modules (stuff that
> will definately crash colinux) are not installed by default. Its just
> a small thought - but to at least start to approach these guys may go
> a long way to making colinux a more accessible and recognised approach
> in multi-OS solutions.

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George