Re: [Xen-users] Re: DomU on LVM

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Javier Guerra wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Tomasz Nowak <tnowak-p@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Wolfgang Rosenauer <wolfgang.rosenauer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > So my plan was to use LVs directly as partitions in the guest
> > > /dev/vg/lv1 -> /dev/hda1
> > > /dev/vg/lv2 -> /dev/hda2 (or /dev/hdb1 FWIW)
> > >
> > >       
> >  AFAIK this way is not to be supported in the future.
> >     
> it would be a real shame.
>
> i think most installers can respect an existing partition scheme.  if
> not, they should soon, since most integrators are realizing that
> installing an OS doesn't mean owning the whole hardware
>   
Agreed. It makes snapshotting and backup of the mountable filesystems 
one heck of a lot easier to manage, without the vagaries of having to 
interpret the disk images internal file structure.

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