Re: [uml-user] install RedHat8 in UML

[Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>]

On Tuesday 20 March 2007 02:29, Roman Mashak wrote:
> Hello,
>
> it may sound weird, but I need to install RH8 via NFS in UML to test the
> legacy code. I followed the article at http://linuxhacker.ru/uml/, the
> difference is I'm using kernel 2.4.18 + UML patch #53 from UML site. I also
> compiled all important options.
Hmm.... you'd better use a recent 2.4 kernel. The latest one ever tried was 
2.4.33 + patches on my home page (which will probably apply on following 
releases).
> Enabled tun/tap on the host and configured interface, followed by the
> command:
>
> #./linux expert noprobe text initrd=/opt/umlbuild/initrd.img devfs=nomount
> ramdisk_size=10240 mem=240M eth0=tuntap,,,10.10.10.2
> ubd0=/opt/umlbuild/rootfs_empty fakehd fake_ide con=xterm ubd=3
>
> A few 'xterms' are supposed to pop up (as I understand for virtual
> console0, 3 and 4), but instead only frame is being drawn and promptly
> disappears, so I can't see other virtual consoles and proceed with
> installation.
>
> Is it a problem of kernel I use or deep X-system problem? I attached the
> log.

Nothing is clear, it arrives at initializing the stdio console driver and no 
more. However when I downloaded first UML we had more modern ones, so 
_upgrade_.

Better yet, there's an extremely beautiful word for this situation: your 
configuration is _unsupported_ (not for RH8, but for the kernel).

Bye!
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