On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:59:15AM -0700, Harshdeep S Jawanda wrote:
> Does it really matter which distribution I use to setup my UML host?
> Can I, for instance, setup Mandrake as my host, then install UML with
> the Debian file system available on the UML site? Any issues here?
The only issue is getting SKAS into host's kernel. Most distros shouldn't be
an issue, but I use redhat 9 on the host and the skas patch won't apply to
redhat's kernels (they're too different). So I am just running a stock+skas
kernel on the host instead of redhat's kernels. But that's about it.
> As I understand it, the FS I choose to use with UML decides what flavor
> or Linux my UML install will be; the choice of host is basically
> immaterial. Right?
Depends on how you're getting started. If you're getting installed system FS
images from someone else (like those linked to from the uml web pages and on
this list), then the UML's fs type has been determined for you already. If
you're building the UML image, it can be any filesystem you want as long as
the uml kernel has support for it and any needed userland programs (like
fsck) are in the uml's filesystem image.
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