Re: 64-bit Xen lose physical drives

[Dima Veselov <kab00m%lich.phys.spbu.ru@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:18:20PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:11:23AM +0300, Dima Veselov wrote:
> > > How did you copy it ? I suspect /dev/sd1i fails with qemu because it's
> > > already open ...
> > 
> > I can't even suspect anything holding that device, also server is fresh 
> > installed and booted, also I tried with other devices, not on other 
> > harddisk, btw.
> 
> Hum, I think I know: the device is open by both the xbd backend, and
> qemu. this used to work, but current doesen't allow it any more :(
> 
> I guess it works with files because the raw partition of vnd is used.

Ok, but would this situation be resolved in future?

I've succeded with the vbd form of phy:/dev/rsd1i, it works. Is it the solution 
or I will get a speed-down, comparing to block device?

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Sincerelly yours