[Pkg-uml-devel] Re: [Pkg-uml-commit] r81 - in trunk/src/rootstrap: . debian modules

[Stefano Melchior]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:10:11AM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote:
Ciao Mattia,
> 
> I disagree. I'm not trying to prevent users of ancient releases to use
> newer rootstrap, but we should at least not lie telling it is supported
> and making it clear it is not.
> So I suggest a Depends: user-mode-linux (>> 2.6.16-1um) | linux-uml, ...
it makes sense, so it tried to add it (hoping not mess the rest) with a
log (finally you will say!!!) -> r86
> 
> >> > in case you haven't got ubd dev on host, required by rootstrap!
> >> > if you have:
> >> > /dev/ubd/[0-7] you have ysed devfs, so you don't need to create any
> >> host
> >>
> >> but we don't want to use host's /dev as (among other problems) it's
> >> read-only. See commit r82 for a fix.
> > I realized yesterday that it was RO; but if you don't have at least ubd0
> > and ubd1 on host, it won't work: please, try to remove them and launch
> > rootstrap. The system ouputs that it can't find /dev/ubd1. [1]
> > In the rootstrap python script you launch a linux session which requires
> > to have ubd1 available.
> 
> see again r82 and r83 for modules/mkfs. Those changes are adressing
> exactely this issue.
I will try it as soon as possible.

r87 adds your suggestion about HOSTFS in the man page.
Thanks

SteX

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