Hi list, I''m running xen3 on verious systems and are very happy with the way it works. My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a problem I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary partitions. Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to real partitions ? Thanks in advance Karsten _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi list, I''m running xen3 on verious systems and are very happy with the way it works. My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a problem I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary partitions. Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to real partitions ? Thanks in advance Karsten _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
mount domU image, and copy files using cp or rsync.> Hi list, > > I''m running xen3 on verious systems and are very happy with the way it > works. > > My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a problem > I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary partitions. > > Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to real > partitions ? > > Thanks in advance > > Karsten_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 11:23:00PM +0200, Karsten Nielsen wrote:> > My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a > problem I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary > partitions. > > Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to > real partitions ?I really don''t understand what you''re saying... Perhaps you should explain it again, an example of your disk= line from one of your domUs might be enough. On one of my systems I''m using LVM2 for my domU filesystems. I initialize them through LVM in dom0 and the domU sees them as whatever partition I wish. Example: disk = [ ''phy:/dev/vg0/bebop,hda1,w'', ''phy:/dev/vg0/bebopswap,hda2,w'', ''phy:/dev/vg0/space1,hda3,w'' ] On another system, I''m using file backed partitions and describe them to Xen like so: disk = [ ''file:/opt/gdom1,hda1,w'' ] In neither of these scenarios is the number of partitions allowed on my hard drive an issue. Hope this helps. -- Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi Mark, Thank you for that. I will try that out as soon as posible ;-) - Karsten Mark Nijmeijer wrote:> Hi Karsten, > > You should be able to expose a file in dom0 as a whole disk device to > your domU this way : > > disk = [ ''file:/domain1hda,hda,w'' ] > > And then from within your domU, you can create as many partitions on hda > as want :) > > Greetz, > > Mark > > > > Karsten Nielsen wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I''m running xen3 on verious systems and are very happy with the way it >> works. >> >> My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a >> problem I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary >> partitions. >> >> Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to >> real partitions ? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Karsten >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Am Samstag 08 April 2006 14:13 schrieb Karsten Nielsen:> Hi list, > > I''m running xen3 on verious systems and are very happy with the way it > works. > > My set up is based on files as partitions but I have encountered a > problem I can only create 4 partitions this way since all are primary > partitions. > > Are there any solution to this problem other than move the domU''s to > real partitions ?Hi Karsten, you could just take different devices (hda hdb hdc hdd etc.). If you take real partitions there is also a limit: "The maximum number of logical partitions is 15 on SCSI, SATA, and Firewire disks and 63 on (E)IDE disks." (suselinux-adminguide) Philipp _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users