Thanks,
# loosetup -o 32256 /dev/loop0 /dev/VG_Guests/ftest
# mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /mnt/fedora_mount2
Works for me.
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 10:47 -0800, Tom Brown wrote:> the xen docs that cover hvm installations talk about using losetup to
> specify an offset into a block device (lvm partition) to solve this. See
> section A.3 from
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Alex Volkov wrote:
>
> > Hello all.
> > I''m trying to move a domU linux install from a machine that
supports VT
> > to a machine that doesn''t.
> > I already installed dom0 using VT with a graphical installer and now
I''d
> > like to transform the installation into paravitrualized one. So I need
> > do copy some stuff.
> >
> > The problem is that I can''t mount root partition from dom0.
> > domU is installed on lvm partition and whenever I try to mount it I
get
> > the following:
> > #mount -t ext3 /dev/VG_Guests/ftest /mnt/fedora_mount2
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on ftest,
> > missiing codepage or other error
> > In some cases useful info is found in yslog - try
> > dmesg | tail or so
> > When I open the system with fdisk I see the following:
> > #fdisk /dev/VG_Guests/ftest
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > ftestp1 * 1 522 4192933+ 83 Linux
> >
> > Notice that fdisk added ''p1'' to the partition name.
So I guess inside of
> > an lvm partition there is another partition + boot sector or some
other
> > system information. How can I access that partition from dom0?
> >
> > I tried to install a domU on already formattted ext3 partition, but
the
> > installer doesn''t seem to recognize it and reformats
partition into
> > this.
> > The same thing happens when I use file on a disk, created with dd<
> > instead of a lvm volume.
> >
> > Any help apreciated.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
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