Re: Xen HVM's on raw disk partitions

[eric%cirr.com@localhost (Eric Schnoebelen)]

Tobias Nygren writes:
- On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:28:51 -0600
- eric%cirr.com@localhost (Eric Schnoebelen) wrote:
- > Is there a way to use raw partitions for HVM's?  Is it a bug in
- > the qemu back end driver, or somewhere else?
- 
- Works for me, like below. But I do recall having had issues with it.
- I think it only worked with /dev/rsd0d, not /dev/sd0d.
- 
- kernel='/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
- builder='hvm'
- memory='384'
- device_model='/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm'
- name='svartkonst'
- vif=['bridge=bridge1,type=ioemu,model=e1000']
- disk=['phy:/dev/rsd0d,hda,w']
- boot='c'
- serial='pty'

Have you ever used a partition other that 'd'?  

I've not been able to create an HVM using a partion on which a
mounted file system exists.

Which OS's are the guests you're using?

Thanks,
        Eric

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