Rusty's Bleeding Edge Page

You need to have lguest working for the lguest tutorial. We had a preparation BoF, and here's what we ended up with (thanks everyone!)

1. Get a 2.6.23 kernel
2. Make sure CONFIG_EXT2=y so you can read the root image.
3. Build your kernel with CONFIG_LGUEST=m (here are pre-built kernel trees for Debian unstable and Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy).)
4. Install the kernel on your machine.
5. cd into Documentation/lguest/ and type "make" to build the "lguest" launcher binary (you will need the zlib headers and static libraries).
6. Grab a simple root image I use the Xen-test tiny image.
7. Reboot into your 2.6.23 image.
8. sudo modprobe lg
9. Run the lguest launcher like so:

   sudo /usr/src/linux-2.6.23/Documentation/lguest/lguest --block=initrd-1.1-i386.img 128 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.14 root=/dev/lgba
   

10. If you see the "sh" prompt, you're ready for the tutorial!

There's also a Qemu image with instructions but you need to build outside and install updates into the image.

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