From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerome Brown Subject: Re: Creating partitions on domain U Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:05:08 +1300 Message-ID: <41EDC054.9010705@hub.net.nz> References: <20050118234616.26643.qmail@web41413.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <20050118234616.26643.qmail@web41413.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Tessler wrote: | Hello, | | Does a guest (domain U) have the ability to create partitions on a | virtual disk drive (/dev/hda1)? For example, can I use parted/fdisk to | create my own partitions on a VBD from within domain U? I assume it does, though I haven't tried it. However I would say to export the device as the whole disk (eg /dev/hda) as opposed to a partition (eg /dev/hda1), as parted/fdisk are likely to complain about trying to partion a partion. - -- Jerome Brown Technology Architect Hub.Net P: +64 3 961-5116 M: +64 29 453 7663 F: +64 3 961-5129 E: jerome@hub.net.nz W: http://www.hub.net.nz/ O: Level 4, 818 Colombo St, Christchurch, New Zealand S: PO Box 1879, Christchurch, New Zealand -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB7cBU4vUJX2iGcHMRArKXAJ4jb5/5Ia3CVkxfQJGRZPDtY0i+WACdHEUz EtTOMAGJ8v5CBZ55L3NQrDA= =fYOM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt