pbuilder-uml.conf5

Overview

/etc/pbuilder/pbuilder-uml.conf contains default values used in pbuilder-user-mode-linux program invocation.

Format

MY_ETH0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.2

Configures ethernet setting used for booting linux. See how rootstrap boots your system, and copy that.

Specify --eth0=slirp,12345,/usr/bin/slirp-fullbolt to use the slirp connection.

UML_IP=192.168.0.3

IP address to use for guest OS.

This can be set to dhcp for obtaining IP address through DHCP.

UML_NETMASK=255.255.255.0

Guest OS netmask

UML_NETWORK=192.168.0.0

Guest OS network

UML_BROADCAST=255.255.255.255

Guest OS broadcast

UML_GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

Guest OS gateway

PBUILDER_UML_IMAGE=${HOME}/uml-image

Guest OS file system image.

UML_MOUNT_TMPFS=no

Whether to mount tmpfs inside the guest image. This is probably mostly useless.

BUILDPLACE=${HOME}/tmp/

The location which build will take place. pbuilder-user-mode-linux will place temporary COW files to there. The user running UML needs to be able to access that directory.

UML_MEM=128

The amount of memory allowed for UML. Give more value to here.

UML_HOSTNAME=uml-host

The hostname for the UML.

The hostname should be available in /etc/hosts so that hostname -f will be able to return the FQDN.

UML_BUILDRESULT=/directory/of/build/result

The directory where build result of pbuilder-user-mode-linux is stored.

ROOTSTRAP_IMAGESIZE=size-in-megabytes

The size, in MB, of the disk iamge to create. Defaults to 1000.

Notes

It is advised to set APTCACHEHARDLINK to no in ~/.pbuilderrc. see pbuilderrc(5) for details.

Files

/etc/pbuilder/pbuilder-uml.conf, ${HOME}/.pbuilderrc