Re: [coLinux-users] Running coLinux as a service.

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Mark Zaloumis wrote:
> I'm running coLinux 0.7.1-hn16 on Windows XP. Here is the output from 
> colinux-daemon.exe --status-driver:
> 
> C:\coPlanet\coPlanet>colinux-daemon.exe --status-driver
> Cooperative Linux Daemon, 0.7.1-hn16
> Compiled on Sun Jul  9 16:35:25 2006
> 
> checking if the driver is installed
> current state: 4 (fully initialized)
> current number of monitors: 0
> current linux api version: 10
> current periphery api version: 20
> 
> so it looks like the CoLinuxDriver driver is installed properly.

Ok, it is.

> To install a coLinux service I run the following:
> 
> colinux-daemon.exe "@C:\coPlanet\coPlanet\pl.conf" ro root=/dev/sda1 
> --install-service "coPlanet"
> 
> I tried running with the debugger but I only got the same information 
> that is dumped to stdout when I try and start the service from the 
> console with:
> 
> colinux-daemon.exe --run-service "coPlanet"

Ah, that's wrong.  "--run-service" is an internal to start from inside 
the service account only.

You should start the service with typical windows commands:
   net start coPlanet

Or with windows service mannager console (the gui, where you can 
start/stop and manage all services).

-- 
Henry Nestler