RE: [Gc-linux-devel] BOOTING IN WINDOWS!!

[Matt S. <ma...@ge...>]

Couldn't he boot GCLinux with a small initrd that includes /dev and
so on?

There's no reason to export the *ENTIRE* root filesystem as NFS.

-- 
Matt Sealey <ma...@ge...>
Manager, Genesi, Developer Relations


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gc-...@li... 
> [mailto:gc-...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Steven Looman
> Sent: 22 October 2004 07:51
> To: gc-...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Gc-linux-devel] BOOTING IN WINDOWS!!
> 
> It complains about not having the special files in /dev/. 
> Windows is probably not able to do this, so I guess you're 
> out of luck. Probably the same thing for files/executable 
> that have the SUID bit set.
> 
> The Mame PoC uses the netblock driver, which mounts a file 
> over a network and uses it as a "block device" (like a 
> harddisk is). However, it's not possible to do this trick on 
> the debian root package since the nbd-client gets killed when 
> switching runlevels and the root device is lost, kind of like 
> pulling your harddrive out of your computer while it's running.
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Steven Looman, Steve_-
> 
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:12:50PM -0600, Kevin Sucre wrote:
> > I downloaded Windows Services for Unix and used it for the 
> NFS server.
> > 
> > The cube almost boots up.  i beleive there is an error with 
> unpacking 
> > the tar.gz debian boot package.  because it complains about 
> not having 
> > an inital console, and i should pass something to the kernel.
> > 
> > Anyone get cube booting in windows?
> > 
> > Dont need to be using Windows Servies for Unix, if you got 
> it working 
> > with something else please let me know.
> > 
> > Kevin Sucre
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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