Re: [Xen-users] mount question

[John Haxby <john.haxby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Charlie Farinella wrote:
> Scenario:
>
> I create a domU in an LVM using virt-install (CentOS current).  The 
> installation goes as expected and all is well.
> I thought that I would be able to mount this file system like so:
>
> mount -o loop /dev/VolGroup00/vm_name /mnt/image
>
> ...yet I cannot, it tells me I have to provide the filesystem type.  
> When I do (ext3), that fails telling me it can't find a valid block 
> device.
> Can someone point out what I have done wrong?
>   
The virtual disk has a partition table -- use losetup and kpartx like this:

   losetup /dev/VolGroup00/vm_name
   kpartx -av /dev/loopN

where /dev/loopN is the device created by losetup.

I think that's the right syntax -- check the manual pages for details.   
(And just in case you think it is, kpartx is nothing to do with X or KDE.)
jch

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