[lug] Host file access from UML

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 11-07 10:23, Dale R. Hill wrote:
> I am trying mount my host file system so that it is directly accessible from
> UML. The documentation indicates that the host file system can be mounted as
> a virtual hostfs via the following mount command:
> 
> mount none /mnt/host -t hostfs -o /usr
> 
> When I try this I get the following error message: mount point /mnt/host
> does not exist.
> 
> The question is: Does anyone know how to mount the host file system within
> UML so that it is accessible.
> 
> BTW: I am running Linux 7.3. I patched the 2.4.19 version of the kernel with
> uml-patch-2.4.19-27. Additionally, I am booting UML with root_fs =
> root_fs_toms1.7.205.

Forgive my ignorance, but from the context I'm guessing that "UML" here does
not stand for Unified Modeling Language, and is an acronym for something
else. What is it?

TIA,

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