[PATCH] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo

Jonathan Corbet corbet at lwn.net
Wed Sep 9 15:40:21 EDT 2020


On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 20:37:35 +0100
Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com> wrote:

> >> +Create a sparse raw disk image:
> >> +
> >> +.. code-block:: shell
> >> +
> >> +    dd if=/dev/zero of=disk_image_name bs=1 count=1 seek=16G  
> > 
> > I'd honestly do without all these code-block directives as well; they
> > clutter things considerably for little advantage.  
> 
> I can merge most of these into a couple of code snippets. I would like 
> to leave the content though. As UML does not have an official installer, 
> the only way to install it is to build images and there is not that much 
> information on this on the net. The only well written piece on the 
> subject is > 10 years old and becoming a bit out of date.

Don't misunderstand me - the code is fine and welcome.  It's the 
".. code-block::" directives that I'm taking issue with.  I'd rather see
ordinary literal blocks instead.

Thanks,

jon



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