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Program: gBootRoot pronounced "bOOtrOOt"
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License: GNU General Public License
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The Makefile included with this source package doesn't attempt
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to figure out whether your system has the proper requirements.
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It may seem like a great idea to have a configure script, but
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these things can fail, besides gbootroot is a program designed for people
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who intend to build distributions and boot disks, so understanding what
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things are required to get gbootroot to work completely can be quite
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beneficial. At the very least, do a "make", and try gbootroot because the
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program will tell you what things are missing - hopefully nothing - and then
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you can refer to this README for help.
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Out of the box this program works with the i386 architecture, people using
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other architectures will need to compile genext2fs and user-mode-linux if
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they want full functionality. Eventually, the Advanced Kernel Section in
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this program will be able to help with the uml compile.
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Perl Modules:
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Gtk-Perl
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--------
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Version 0.7002 or greater.
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http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtk-perl
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Binaries:
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#########
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Genext2fs
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---------
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genext2fs/genext2fs (included and already compiled for i386)
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cd genext2fs; make (other architectures)
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User-Mode-Linux
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---------------
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user-mode-linux/usr/bin/linux (included and already compiled for i386)
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user-mode-linux/usr/lib/{modules*tar} (included and already compiled for i386)
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If you use a different architecture you will need to get kernel sources
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from www.kernel.org which preferably match the kernel version used by
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gbootroot - this can be found in the Changes file - and then a matching
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uml-patch from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=429.
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There's good instructions on how to do this at
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http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO-2.html.
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Then put the uml kernel in the directory cited up and call it linux; you can
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put the modules in a Replacements directory later on (see FAQ).
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Boot Methods:
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2 disk compression
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------------------
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This method will tell you when any of these utilities are missing:
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ash lilo bzip2 file
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Root Methods:
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Yard
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----
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Watch the verbosity box, it will be obvious when a required command is missing.
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Make sure you have this file installed on your system:
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file
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Important Configurations:
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#########################
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"chmod 4755 /usr/bin/uml_net" so normal users can have network capabilities.
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Documentation:
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#############
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Documentaion and FAQ is in doc/html/index.html
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Have fun!
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-Jonathan
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Please infuse your suggestions, bug reports, insults, and patronage back to:
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Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource@users.sourceforge.net>
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