Re: [Wg-test-framework] Minutes: AllNet Sync Meeting Jan 28th [and 1 more messages]

[Don Koch <dkoch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:08:51 +0000
Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Don Koch writes ("Re: [Wg-test-framework] Minutes: AllNet Sync Meeting Jan 
> 28th [and 1 more messages]"):
> > On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:38:52 -0500
> > Don Koch <dkoch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:18:32 +0000
> > > Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > You're saying each LVM volume contains a partition table ?  That
> > > > doesn't seem like a good idea.
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to pass a "disk" device to a VM that isn't?
> 
> Yes.  The VM ought to just mount the disk.

And grub understands this? (Obviously, the installer didn't.) Just curious
as I (also obviously) haven't tried this before.

> > Found a solution: mount the lv snapshot with an offset to the
> > partition to be rsync'ed.
> 
> Don't do that.  The tool you want is called `kpartx'.

Works for me. (Yet another tool I haven't seen before.)

> Ian.

Thanks,
-d


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