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nightmorph 06/06/26 16:16:58 |
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Modified: uml.xml |
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Log: |
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Updated UML guide for bug 137908 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.26 xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml?rev=1.26&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml?rev=1.26&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml.diff?r1=1.25&r2=1.26&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: uml.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.25 |
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retrieving revision 1.26 |
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diff -u -r1.25 -r1.26 |
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--- uml.xml 16 Dec 2005 15:54:54 -0000 1.25 |
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+++ uml.xml 26 Jun 2006 16:16:58 -0000 1.26 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml,v 1.25 2005/12/16 15:54:54 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/uml.xml,v 1.26 2006/06/26 16:16:58 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>0.13</version> |
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-<date>2005-12-16</date> |
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+<version>0.14</version> |
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+<date>2006-06-26</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Obtaining User-Mode Linux</title> |
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<section> |
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<body> |
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+<impo> |
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+Before you can use user-mode Linux, you <e>must</e> be using a non-NPTL |
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+profile, and you must be using <<c>glibc</c>-2.4. Follow the instructions |
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+for <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml#instructions">changing |
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+profiles</uri>. You will need to run <c>emerge -e world</c> after switching to |
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+a non-NPTL profile. |
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+</impo> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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-As the user-mode linux website |
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-(<uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>) states, user-mode linux |
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+As the user-mode Linux website |
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+(<uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>) states, user-modeL linux |
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allows a user to "run Linux inside itself". Specifically, |
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user-mode linux provides a virtual machine on which a user can "[r]un buggy |
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software, experiment with new Linux kernels or distributions, and poke around |
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in the internals of Linux, all without risking your main Linux setup." |
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Experimental changes to Gentoo core packages such as <e>sys-apps/baselayout</e> |
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or <e>sys-libs/glibc</e> have the potential to break the system and render it |
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-unbootable; with user-mode linux we can test these changes without having to |
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+unbootable; with user-mode Linux we can test these changes without having to |
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worry about breaking the live system. |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-For the user-mode linux kernel to properly boot a Gentoo system the |
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+For the user-mode Linux kernel to properly boot a Gentoo system the |
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kernel needs to be configured to <e>not</e> automatically mount |
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<path>/dev</path> (devfs) by default. Also, you will almost certainly |
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want to make sure that you have <e>tmpfs</e> (the "Virtual Memory |
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-Filesystem") compiled in, since by default the Gentoo linux bootscripts |
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+Filesystem") compiled in, since by default the Gentoo Linux bootscripts |
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store their information in a small tmpfs partition. |
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(The binary kernels available from the user-mode website do automatically |
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mount <path>/dev</path>, and they don't have tmpfs compiled in; don't bother |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-It won't hurt to also install the user-mode linux tools. |
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+It won't hurt to also install the user-mode Linux tools. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Installing UML tools"> |
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<p> |
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These tools facilitate networking (among other things) between the user-mode |
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-linux virtual system and the host Linux system. |
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+Linux virtual system and the host Linux system. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-User-mode linux uses xterms for the virtual consoles that |
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+User-mode Linux uses xterms for the virtual consoles that |
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are run at boot time, so you need to make sure that the |
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-terminal from which you run user-mode linux has $DISPLAY |
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+terminal from which you run user-mode Linux has $DISPLAY |
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properly set (along with proper xhost/xauth permissions). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-With any luck you should be able to log into your user-mode linux |
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-Gentoo system. The only thing keeping this user-mode linux version |
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+With any luck you should be able to log into your user-mode Linux |
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+Gentoo system. The only thing keeping this user-mode Linux version |
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of Gentoo from being fully functional is networking from the virtual |
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machine to the host. |
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</p> |
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<comment>(If you receive a FATAL error here, try deleting /dev/net/tun and retry)</comment> |
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# <i>modprobe iptable_nat</i> |
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# <i>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE</i> |
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-# <i>echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward</i> |
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+# <i>echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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Perhaps the true ideal of Gentoo Linux testing would be |
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-to boot the .iso with user-mode linux and do the complete |
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-Gentoo install from within the user-mode linux virtual system. |
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+to boot the .iso with user-mode Linux and do the complete |
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+Gentoo install from within the user-mode Linux virtual system. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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