Re: fdisk hard drive image

["Gonéri Le Bouder" <goneri@sitadelle.com>]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

>On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:48:28PM +0100, Gonéri Le Bouder wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello list,
>>
>>
>>Currently, i use a partition image to run my XenU (/dev/hda2) and "fdisk 
>>-l" return nothing and can't open /dev/hda .
>>
>>I want to use a full hard drive image (not partition image) from my Xen0 
>>as hda in my XenU. I want to be able to run fdisk on hda in my XenU to 
>>list and regenerate partitions.
>>
>>
>>I tried with this (/img is my hard drive image):
>>
>>disk = ['/img,hda,w']
>>
>>disk = ['phy:loop3,hda,w'], loop3 is /img attached to /dev/loop3 by 
>>losetup.
>>
>>But, both don't work.
>>
>>Is it possible ?
>>    
>>
>
>THe block device isn't exported as an hard disk. Just as a block device
>(like ram*, loop*).
>
>If you want to use several filesystems over a single block device,
>you'll have to use lvm.
>

Thanks for the answer,


In this case, if i use lvm, i still have to create my partitions from 
Dom0. Is there a way to create partitions from XenU with fdisk.

    Gonéri


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