Re: [Xen-users] How to initiate a guest installation from the CD-ROM media

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ido Levy wrote:
> Nico,
>
> Can you please explain why it's better to use LVM partitions in compare to
> regular partitions with regards to image management.
>   
Because you can resize an LVM partition.

--Sadique

> Thanks,
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> Ido
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> Ido Levy wrote:
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> > Thank you Nico for your tip.
> >
> > As per your advice I enabled the support for the CPU and now I am able to
> > use full Virtualization.
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> > I have two more question that I would appreciate your advice:
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> > 1) Is there any performance differences between para and full
> > virtualization ?
> > 2) What is better to create the virtual machine as a separate partition
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> > as a file ?
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> > Thanks
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> > Ido
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> Yes, para-virtualization is noticeably faster than full virtualization.
> And for performance and management reasons, I recommend using LVM based
> partitions, not files. But if your system is already built and
> configured, that's not always feasible.
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