From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Kundr=E1t?= Subject: Re: Storage for library of domains Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:38:59 +0100 Message-ID: <42237353.2000306@fzu.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: 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: m h Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org m h wrote: > I'm interested in setting up a xen system where the user can request a > "vanilla" version of linux from a "library" of versions. The user > will be able to do what they want with their system but subsequent > users requesting the same version, will also get the vanilla version, > not one that had the changes from the last user. Maybe setup LVM with snapshots (at least I think that's the name). One LV will be "vanilla" and other stoarge "partitions" will contain only changes. You could expect some stability problems - this technology is new in 2.6.9. -jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click