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by **bigbi** » Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:34:09

I have been doing some operating systems research with linux and other
OSs but I
think my machine is going to fry if I keep restarting a couple
thousand times a day(plus it is slow). I have tried to use bochs but
there isn't that much linux kernelsource that has been tested with it.
Does anybody have any kernel source that works with bochs, they
provide dlx linux but the source for the kernel is not provided? I am
basically looking for any small kernels actually. Or what are other
good methods for testing kernels besides running on hardware.

Berlin Brown

by **ken_yap_fdb642fe_..** » Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:49:25

|basically looking for any small kernels actually. Or what are other
|good methods for testing kernels besides running on hardware.

Have you looked at User Mode Linux? Search Google.

by **Kasper Dupon** » Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:30:23

> I have been doing some operating systems research with linux and other
> OSs but I
> think my machine is going to fry if I keep restarting a couple
> thousand times a day(plus it is slow). I have tried to use bochs but
> there isn't that much linux kernelsource that has been tested with it.
> Does anybody have any kernel source that works with bochs, they
> provide dlx linux but the source for the kernel is not provided? I am
> basically looking for any small kernels actually. Or what are other
> good methods for testing kernels besides running on hardware.

Have you looked at plex86? (I'm not sure if it makes any difference,
but you should at least give it a chance.)

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by **Dave Carriga** » Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:53:05

> Or what are other good methods for testing kernels besides running on
> hardware.

VMWare would work very well, assuming that the things you want to test
aren't drivers for real devices. Of especial use is the ability to
resume a session, so you can avoid the reboot cycle altogether.

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by **Philip Armstro** » Fri, 22 Mar 2002 18:45:15

>I have been doing some operating systems research with linux and
>other OSs but I think my machine is going to fry if I keep restarting
>a couple thousand times a day(plus it is slow). I have tried to use
>bochs but there isn't that much linux kernelsource that has been
>tested with it. Does anybody have any kernel source that works with
>bochs, they provide dlx linux but the source for the kernel is not
>provided? I am basically looking for any small kernels actually. Or
>what are other good methods for testing kernels besides running on
>hardware.

Do a google search for "Two kernel monte" which allows you to change
the running kernel in place. Also, "User mode linux", which allows you
to run a linux kernel as a process within a running linux system.

Phil

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by **Marek Zawadzk** » Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:15:19

> >I have been doing some operating systems research with linux and
> >other OSs but I think my machine is going to fry if I keep restarting
> >a couple thousand times a day(plus it is slow).
[...]
> Do a google search for "Two kernel monte" which allows you to change
> the running kernel in place. Also, "User mode linux", which allows you
> to run a linux kernel as a process within a running linux system.

To add my own two cents -- use usermode linux
(http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net) -- you'll love it! It's basically
a patch you can apply to almost any Linux kernel and build a regular
executable(!) instead of compressed kernel image.
Also, it's more secure and safe, since you run everything as a user -- vs.
VMare, which runs its daemons as root.
I've been using VMWare, but I am switching to the uml, since it's so much
faster! "Reboot" takes like 8 seconds. Also, you can _easily_ use gdb
on it and debug your kerel -- but it's a bit evil, cause it may make you
lazy actually ;-)

-marek

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