Update about this site
My first post to Minix Tips mentioned that I was actually hosting this site on a Minix 3 server running the httpd daemon that ships with it.
In particular I mentioned that I was using qemu to run Minix on a User Mode Linux server I use.
Unfortunately I was not able to get this setup stable enough. Qemu 0.8.1 would often segfault when running under User Mode Linux. Sometimes multiple times per hour. I had it restarting automatically but it was causing problems. I'm not sure if this is due to the UML kernel version I was using or some other interaction. I ended up moving off the UML machine and putting it on my own PC connected to the internet.
This stopped the segfaults but about once a day the qemu process, and in turn Minix, would hang. It refused all connections to the outside world and I couldn't even type on the console.
All is not lost though. I'm now running under VMware Server. This is a free product in beta test, although it is closed source. It is working very well and I've had no problems running Minix 3 since moving to this setup. So this weblog remains hosted on a Minix 3 server.
As it's running on my PC it is prone to problems like me rebooting or the power going out (all too frequent in New Zealand in Winter!). If it stays stable for another couple of weeks I'll look at moving to a commercial hosting system.
I'll still keep my eye on qemu though and try to get that running smoothly. I'm keen to make sure an open source solution is viable in case VMware Server becomes unavailable.
Categories: minix, misc
In particular I mentioned that I was using qemu to run Minix on a User Mode Linux server I use.
Unfortunately I was not able to get this setup stable enough. Qemu 0.8.1 would often segfault when running under User Mode Linux. Sometimes multiple times per hour. I had it restarting automatically but it was causing problems. I'm not sure if this is due to the UML kernel version I was using or some other interaction. I ended up moving off the UML machine and putting it on my own PC connected to the internet.
This stopped the segfaults but about once a day the qemu process, and in turn Minix, would hang. It refused all connections to the outside world and I couldn't even type on the console.
All is not lost though. I'm now running under VMware Server. This is a free product in beta test, although it is closed source. It is working very well and I've had no problems running Minix 3 since moving to this setup. So this weblog remains hosted on a Minix 3 server.
As it's running on my PC it is prone to problems like me rebooting or the power going out (all too frequent in New Zealand in Winter!). If it stays stable for another couple of weeks I'll look at moving to a commercial hosting system.
I'll still keep my eye on qemu though and try to get that running smoothly. I'm keen to make sure an open source solution is viable in case VMware Server becomes unavailable.
Categories: minix, misc
posted by Chris Double at 11:48 PM
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