[H-GEN] User mode Linux

[Robert Brockway]

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On 22 Jan 2003, john duncan wrote:

> Dear List,
>          I am tempted to try out user mode linux which is like VMware
>          for linux,but am not yet confident enough to risk my
>          installation without advice.Using Libranet 2.7 but anything
>          that works with Debian will work.
>
>          Could someone please check these instructions for Debian and
>          tell me if they are reasonable ?

Hi John.  I've setup UML before on a box.  It isn't dangerous to your main
installation as you're just running a process - albeit a process that is
infact a kernel in its own right :)

One tip though - you need to patch the kernel source & compile to get a
UML enabled kernel.  I suggest keeping seperate kernel src for UML & for
the rest of the system.

It is really cool to see a virtual Linux box booting as a process on your
main system.

>          As a side note has anyone in the business ever checked out the
>          economics of virtual co-hosting like this ?

I understand there are businesses out there doing this.

Cheers,
	-Rob

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