[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] sfdisk -g support in DomU
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Ian Pratt wrote: > > Back in January there was a mail thread on this subject ( > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2005-01/msg > > 00659.html > > ), however I see that blkfront still does not include ioctl > > support for disk geometry. So, any application that uses > > "sfdisk -g" to get the geometry of a partition, or disk, will > > fail when run in DomU. > > > > Is this a deliberate omission? > > Most people tend to import block devices as partitions rather than whole > disks, so often there isn't a 'whole disk' device to interogate (though > I guess a partition table for it could be faked out if anyone really > cared). Importing partitions rather than whole disks makes resizing of > indidual partitions easier. We import whole disks; nfsroot for /(not really an import, but listed for completeness here), hdb for swap, hdc for /tmp. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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