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| Newer page: | version 16 | Last edited on Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:52:14 pm | by JamieCurtis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 15 | Last edited on Sunday, July 4, 2004 3:46:37 am | by ThomasYandell | Revert |
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wait a significant time. you now have a uml image installed. you can start it with
./linux th0=tuntap,,,''ip-of-your-host-machine'' ro
you're done.
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+If you want to reduce the size that your root_fs take up, try the following:
+
+* defrag the volume (apt-get install defrag on debian)
+* zero the free space (get zerofree from http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/uml/sparsify.html)
+* make the file sparse
+** either use sparsify from the above link or
+** cp --sparse=always <orig fs> <sparse fs>
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