Re: BOOTING IN WINDOWS!!

It would be great if this would work. I meant to try it but I don't
know enough about NFS yet.

If you want to try another solution, you can use coLinux as an
NFS server. I went as far as setting it up as an NFS server on my
pc, but I got sidetracked :) and never got to actually plugging my
cube into it.
I think you'll have an easier time with coLinux. Just remember
to use bridged networking.

Cheers,
--Jonathan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Looman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:50 AM
Subject: [lists] Re: [Gc-linux-devel] BOOTING IN WINDOWS!!


> It complains about not having the special files in /dev/. Windows is 
> probably not able to do this, so I guess you're out of luck. Probably the 
> same thing for files/executable that have the SUID bit set.
>
> The Mame PoC uses the netblock driver, which mounts a file over a network 
> and uses it as a "block device" (like a harddisk is). However, it's not 
> possible to do this trick on the debian root package since the nbd-client 
> gets killed when switching runlevels and the root device is lost, kind of 
> like pulling your harddrive out of your computer while it's running.
>
> Greets,
>
> Steven Looman, Steve_-
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:12:50PM -0600, Kevin Sucre wrote:
>> I downloaded Windows Services for Unix and used it for the NFS server.
>>
>> The cube almost boots up.  i beleive there is an error with unpacking the
>> tar.gz debian boot package.  because it complains about
>> not having an inital console, and i should pass something to the kernel.
>>
>> Anyone get cube booting in windows?
>>
>> Dont need to be using Windows Servies for Unix, if you got it working 
>> with
>> something else please let me know.
>>
>> Kevin Sucre



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