On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 04:17:06PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Hi all, > > > have anyone of you heard about user-mode-linux pkg under debian-ppc? I noticed > > > that the uml network services and the doc were provided, the source too, > > > but I haven't still heard of the pkg under debian. > > > I also tried to search in google, but I only found out that a guy stopped > > > working on uml port on ppc last year. Has anyone got more infos about it? > > > > Acctually I don't believe it will even compile on ppc. I haven't tried, > > but I know a grad student at my college was working on getting it to > > compile on a sparc. All she got was for it to compile, it never > > acctually booted. Now this was a year ago and that may have changed. > > So I would say give it a try and tell us how it went. > > uml-utilities - User-mode Linux (utility programs) > umlrun-uml - Components of umlrun to be installed inside UML well, after a lot of time and fight, I successfully compiled an old kernel (2.4.6). It should be a starting point, isn't it? The problem for me now, is to have a working filesystem and services. > > Don't know about the kernel-specific part though. But then even MOL doesn't > seem to have 2.6 drivers yet anyway. I tried MOL, with success, but I have a little more experience on UML, since it is not ``closed'' to an only one arch. It is possible to run UML everywhere GNU/Linux system can (not now, but in a future?). The problem is that the UML x86 development is fast and many people have helped it, other arch's development has stopped long time ago (:-(( I would like to start from the 2.4.6 ``linux'' to see if I can build something interesting... SteX PS: for any info about 2.4.6 ``linux'', please contact me ;^P -- GPG key = D52DF829 -- Stex -- <stefano.melchior@openlabs.it> Keyserver: http://keyserver.kjsl.com - http://www.openlabs.it/~stex Registered user #324592 on the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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