User Mode Linux

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dike, Jeff.  User Mode Linux / Jeff Dike.

       p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.  ISBN 0-13-186505-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers) 3. Application softwareporting. I. Title.

  QA76.76.O63D545 2006

  005.4'32--dc22

                                                               2006004225

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