Hi Xen Users,
I've installed Xen and attempted to run a user domain (dom1) that
has a config with the line:
disk = [ "file:/opt/isos/linux.iso,xvdb,cdrom",
"phy:/dev/sda1,xvda,w" ]
/dev/sda1, on dom0, is a 100GiB partition, on which I'd like to
install from linux.iso. After booting from the iso, I want to
partition
/dev/xvda for /boot, /home and /. However, running fdisk
/dev/xvda gives output:
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Disk /dev/xvda: 100 GiB, 107374182400 bytes, 209715200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x73736572
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/xvda1 1920221984 3736432267 1816210284 866G 72 unknown
/dev/xvda2 1936028192 3889681299 1953653108 931.6G 6c unknown
/dev/xvda3 0 0 0 0B 0 Empty
/dev/xvda4 2048 209715199 209713152 100G 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
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Why are there 4 pre-existing partitions on my block device? What
accounts for their sizes? It looks like /dev/sda1 is mapped to
xvda4, when I wanted it to appear as a block device rather than a
partition.
Many thanks,
Joe
