Re: [Xen-users] Creation of additional image within a domU

["john maclean" <jayeola@xxxxxxxxx>]

Um, for some reason I don't get any output when i run `fdisk -l`
within a domU. Here is the /etc/fstab for the domU.


[root@cpxvm ~]# cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
/dev/sda1       /               ext3    defaults        1 1
/dev/sda2       none            swap    sw              0 0
/dev/sda3       /alpha         ext3    defaults        1 1
none            /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none            /dev/shm        tmpfs   defaults        0 0
none            /proc           proc    defaults        0 0
none            /sys            sysfs   defaults        0 0

Created image and run 'xm block attach`. All ok so far. Now it should
be a case of running fdisk within the domU, right?


On 24/02/07, john maclean <jayeola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for that speedy reply! Didn't expect any one to make sense of
> my jumbled initial message.
>
>  -*- mode fingers_crossed -*-
>
> On 24/02/07, Tim Post <tim.post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > John, sorry I forgot to mention something to you. If you do slice up a
> > virtual block device into partitions, you will need to use one of the
> > quemu tools known as 'lomount' to mount them from dom-0.
> >
> > You should probably get familiar with it before putting anything serious
> > on the drive.
> >
> > I have also never attempted to fsck a sliced lv or file backed vbd image
> > from dom-0, I'm not quite sure how you would go about doing that if
> > necessary.
> >
> > Best,
> > --Tim
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 11:46 +0000, john maclean wrote:
> > > Chaps,
> > >
> > > Perhaps this question is a little basic for this list but I'm not
> > > really sure of the simplest method or best tool for the job.
> > >
> > > I've created some images with `dd=/dev/zero ....` and I'm using them
> > > for the domUs now. Some of them have been running for a few months
> > > with no probs. Trouble is that I'd like to create a separate partition
> > > within the domU. Options:-
> > > 1 - use fdisk? Not sure if that's possible for a file-based image.
> > > Can't run it within the domU
> > > 2 - run dd to create another partiton? Not sure how that would work
> > > 3 - create the new image from scratch and create the new partition as
> > > required and tell /etc/fstab about it.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> John Maclean  - 07739 171 531
> MSc (DIC)
>
>
> --
> John Maclean  - 07739 171 531
> MSc (DIC)

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John Maclean  - 07739 171 531
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