[Netkit.users] Migrate the filesystem to Ubuntu

[Massimo Rimondini]

Dear Olivier,

you can make an attempt at using them without the partition table by
passing the argument "--append=root=98:0" to vstart.

Regards,
Massimo.


Olivier Mémin wrote:
> These are great resources !
>
> However, as discussed in this email (http://list.dia.uniroma3.it/pipermail/netkit.users/2006-September/000196.html), those filesystems do not contain a partition table, required by Netkit. Therefore they are not directly usable.
>
> Is it possible to add a partition table to these UML images ?
> I had a quick look at "fdisk" command but without success to "vstart" anything (with -m option) :
> "Kernel panic... Unable to mount root fs on unknown block"
>
> Regards,
> Olivier
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto)" <zioproto a gmail.com>
> To: "Users of the Netkit Network Emulation System" <netkit.users a list.dia.uniroma3.it>
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 6:47:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Netkit.users] Migrate the filesystem to Ubuntu
>
>   
>> Thanks one more time to you Saverio and Massimo for your quick answers.
>>     
>
> Talking of your problem with some friends here at the university I
> received a cool link:
>
> http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/
>
> there are UML images ready to go of various distro, and you can use
> them with Netkit. Maybe this can help quickly :)
>
> Saverio
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