Re: Xen HVM's on raw disk partitions

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Eric Schnoebelen wrote:
> 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.

Can you explain what you mean by 'partition on which a mounted file system 
exists'? If a filesystem is mounted in a dom0, you can't open that a 
second time for a domU.

--
Stephen