[uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms

[uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms

[codemachine]

Hi,

I'm trying to  boot uml on a server, and I don't want to have to have X
installed to do it, so I want to boot without the xterm consoles.

For the life if me I can't figure out the right con=* command line params
and/or get them to work per:
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/input.html

I've spent about 4 hours trying every possible combination i think ;/

I don't care if uml's available via tty pty or whatever, I think my
preference would be to attach via a screen. So long as I don't have to
have X to load it i'm happy.

Could someone perhaps provide a current working example?

If it matters, my host is ubuntu with 2.6.12-rc4-skas3-v9-pre4, the uml is
gentoo I built 2.6.11-gentoo-r11, I'm not using devfs.

thanks!
Calin


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Re: [uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms

[Paul Warren]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:34:24AM -0700, codemachine@dslextreme.com wrote:
> I'm trying to  boot uml on a server, and I don't want to have to have X
> installed to do it, so I want to boot without the xterm consoles.
> 
> For the life if me I can't figure out the right con=* command line params
> and/or get them to work per:

We use:

con=null con0=fd:0,fd:1

but you'll need to tweak your root image so that:

1. inittab brings up a getty on tty0
2. tty0 is listed in /etc/securetty.

This is probably one for the user list, BTW.

Paul


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Re: [uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms

[codemachine]

Thanks! i put tty0 in /etc/securetty without even testing the con
parameters and that lets me login from where i launched it which is fine
by me.

my bad on the list. thanks again

Paul Warren
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:34:24AM -0700, codemachine@dslextreme.com
> wrote:
>> I'm trying to  boot uml on a server, and I don't want to have to have X
>> installed to do it, so I want to boot without the xterm consoles.
>>
>> For the life if me I can't figure out the right con=* command line
>> params
>> and/or get them to work per:
>
> We use:
>
> con=null con0=fd:0,fd:1
>
> but you'll need to tweak your root image so that:
>
> 1. inittab brings up a getty on tty0
> 2. tty0 is listed in /etc/securetty.
>
> This is probably one for the user list, BTW.
>
> Paul
>



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