Re: [Xen-devel] fdisk hard drive image

[Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:48:28PM +0100, Gonéri Le Bouder wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> >
> > Currently, i use a partition image to run my XenU (/dev/hda2) and "fdisk 
> > -l" return nothing and can't open /dev/hda .
> > I want to use a full hard drive image (not partition image) from my Xen0 
> > as hda in my XenU. I want to be able to run fdisk on hda in my XenU to 
> > list and regenerate partitions.
> >
> > I tried with this (/img is my hard drive image):
> >
> > disk = ['/img,hda,w']
> >
> > disk = ['phy:loop3,hda,w'], loop3 is /img attached to /dev/loop3 by 
> > losetup.
> > But, both don't work.
> >
> > Is it possible ?
> >    
> THe block device isn't exported as an hard disk. Just as a block device
> (like ram*, loop*).
>
> If you want to use several filesystems over a single block device,
> you'll have to use lvm.
Thanks for the answer,


In this case, if i use lvm, i still have to create my partitions from 
Dom0. Is there a way to create partitions from XenU with fdisk.
   Gonéri


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