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| Newer page: | version 20 | Last edited on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:40:55 pm | by AlastairPorter | Revert |
| Older page: | version 18 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 3:53:26 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@
it'll boot up into single user mode so you can configure and finalise the installation
<pre>
ifconfig eth0 ''the-ip-of-your-uml-machine'' netmask ''the-netmask''
route add -net 0 gw ''the-ip-of-your-gateway''
+</pre>
+
+If you get the error ''SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted'' when trying to bring up eth0, ensure that the user you are running UML as on the host has read/write permissions to /dev/net/tun. See the note about the uml-net group above.
+
+<pre>
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
</pre>
@@ -161,4 +166,20 @@
# mount redhat9.image.server-minimal.disk /mnt -o loop,offset=16384 -t ext3
</pre>
Sorted.
+
+! Compiling your own kernel
+This is a fairly trivial task if you are used to compiling kernels. The main point to remember is to add
+<pre>
+ARCH=um
+</pre>
+to each command (or export it as a shell variable).
+
+In brief:
+<pre>
+host$ make defconfig ARCH=um
+host$ make ARCH=um
+host$ mount -o loop ./root_fs /mnt/uml
+host$ make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/mnt/uml ARCH=um
+host$ umount /mnt/uml
+</pre>
