[H-GEN] User mode Linux

[john duncan]

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Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> writes:

> 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.

     Thanks Robert,
                  Sounds good,I will give it a whirl as soon as I get a
                  bit of time to myself.

                                       John Duncan


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