diff -rN -u old-nestedvm/src/org/ibex/nestedvm/UnixRuntime.java new-nestedvm/src/org/ibex/nestedvm/UnixRuntime.java
--- old-nestedvm/src/org/ibex/nestedvm/UnixRuntime.java	2008-06-27 17:29:32.437400000 -0400
+++ new-nestedvm/src/org/ibex/nestedvm/UnixRuntime.java	2008-06-27 17:29:32.650400000 -0400
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.util.*;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.*; // For lazily linked RuntimeCompiler
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
 
 // FEATURE: vfork
 
@@ -1169,6 +1170,7 @@
             tasks = new UnixRuntime[maxProcs+1];
             if(defaultMounts) {
                 File root = null;
+		try {
                 if(Platform.getProperty("nestedvm.root") != null) {
                     root = new File(Platform.getProperty("nestedvm.root"));
                     if(!root.isDirectory()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("nestedvm.root is not a directory");
@@ -1189,6 +1191,7 @@
                         addMount("/" + name.toLowerCase(),new HostFS(roots[i]));
                     }
                 }
+		} catch (AccessControlException e) {}
                 
                 addMount("/dev",new DevFS());
                 addMount("/resource",new ResourceFS());