[Netkit.users] Migrate the filesystem to Ubuntu

[Olivier Mémin]

Hi all ! 

I am still working on the Netkit filesystem migration to Ubuntu Jaunty... 
As suggested, I tried from scratch with the Makefile.devel provided by Netkit, changing the DEBIAN_MIRROR and the DEBIAN_VERSION variables. The compilation is successful after resolving some packages dependencies with the ADDITIONAL_PACKAGES variable. 

However, when I boot a virtual machine with the vstart command (e.g. vstart pc1 --eth0=A), I get the following messages : 
"Filesystem type 'fusectl' is not supported. Skipping mount" 
Then the boot goes on with 
" * Setting preliminary keymap... 
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 
" 
and six terminals which open on my screen ! 

I read some archived mails on this list from people also trying to install Ubuntu from scratch 
e.g. http://list.dia.uniroma3.it/pipermail/netkit.users/2006-September/000189.html 

Do some of you have ideas regarding the launching bug (mkfs.ext2 options when creating the filesystem ?) or even a tarball with a recent functionnal Ubuntu filesystem ? 
I know this is a very specific problem but your help will be very welcome. 
Thanks a lot in advance for the time you could spend on it. 

Best regards, 
Olivier 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olivier Mémin" <olivier.memin at mancalanetworks.com> 
To: "Users of the Netkit Network Emulation System" <netkit.users at list.dia.uniroma3.it> 
Sent: Friday, 5 February, 2010 2:02:29 PM 
Subject: Re: [Netkit.users] Migrate the filesystem to Ubuntu 


Thank you for your answers. 

I will try this way. 
I have also tried to install the 'ubuntu-standard' package once the virtual machine (with default fs) is launched. It works but it is a long procedure if it has to be done on several machines. 

Regards, 
Olivier 
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