[CUWiN-Dev] Setting Up UML Image

[David Young]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:36:00PM -0600, Quantum Scientific wrote:
> Spent all day on this.  Trying to set up a container file in which to install 
> NetBSD for UML.  There is no bsdlabel nor disklabel for Linux, so using the 
> NetBSD Live CD.  I think it's just being obstreperous, and is -intentionally- 
> resisting arrest.  Is this what it's always like to work on BSD?
> Also still wondering about the questions below.  Time to go drink.

Ummm, ...

> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=cuwin-dev.img bs=512 count=2000
>  
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cuwin-dev.img
>  invalid number of blocks
>  
> mdconfig -a -t /dev/vn0c -f cuwin-dev.img
>  invalid number of blocks
>  
> mdconfig -l
>  usage: mdconfig <device> <512-byte-blocks>
>  
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cuwin-dev.img 2000
>  invalid number of blocks
>  
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cuwin-dev.img -b 2000
>  invalid number of blocks
>  
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cuwin-dev.img -count 2000
>  invalid number of blocks
>  
> vnconfig -s labels -c vn0 cuwin-dev.img
>  vnconfig: unknown option -s
>  
> vnconfig -c vn0 cuwin-dev.img
>  vnconfig: /dev/rvn0d: opendisk: No such file or directory
>  
> vnconfig vn0 cuwin-dev.img
>  vnconfig: /dev/rvn0d: opendisk: No such file or directory
> 
> mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd0d /mnt/hda4
>  mount_ext2fs: /dev/wd0d on /var/mnt/hda4: Input/output error
> 
> mount -t ext2fs -f /dev/wd0d /mnt/hda4
>  mount_ext2fs: /dev/wd0d on /var/mnt/hda4: Input/output error
>  

... clearly you have not Read The Fine Manual.

I might be able to help you better if you explained what you were trying
to do.

Dave

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