[uml-user] [insert distro name here] install instructions

[Peter <pe...@ri...>]

Hi Paul.  Thanks for the howto.  It was definitely a 'cool, I didn't =
realise you could do that moment' for me.

I tried this howto out on a WhiteBox Linux http://whiteboxlinux.org =
install (basically a Red Hat Advanced Server 3 distro build from =
sources) to see if the same concept would work there.  Since if we can =
just use a regular installer to get UML file systems created, then the =
creation of UML file systems becomes trivial and it'd be much easier to =
get a UML running your personal preference distro.

The installer from =
ftp://mirror.physics.ncsu.edu/pub/whitebox/3.0/en/os/i386/images/ boots =
up just fine.  It progresses through the install, hard disk =
partitioning, package selection, even package installation. Then the UML =
instance reboots (and brings back up the installer).  I kill the UML =
linux process.

But after the installer has done its thing I have a 'what next =
question'.

How do I activate the next phase of the install process?  The root files =
system does not seem able to boot up.  Nor be readable by the any of the =
usual methods I use.  e.g. I get this when using it to boot up a UML =
instance:
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init=3D option to kernel.

I try to mount the root file system on the host but get:=20
# mount -o loop -t ext3 rootfs.ext3 tmp/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1,
       or too many mounted file systems

Does anyone have any suggestion how I can read the rootfs created by the =
install program?=20

Cheers, Peter
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Paul Warren" <pd...@ex...>
To: <Use...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 7:41 AM
Subject: [uml-user] Debian install instructions


> I found that instructions for installing Debian under UML were a bit
> thin on the ground, so I wrote some:
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> http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/debian-uml-install.html
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> I hope you find them useful.
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> cheers,
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> Paul
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