xen and fai

[Rudy Gevaert]

Michael Tautschnig wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I can install a xen virtual machine with FAI when I export my partitions 
>>to the virtual machine.
>>
>>I would like to export a disk to my virtual machine and install (and 
>>partition) it with FAI.
>>
>>When I boot with FAI it sees the disk as /dev/sda.  But FAI reports
>>
>>/dev/sda: cannot get geometry
>>
>>If then do cfdisk /dev/sda I can partition that disk.
>>
>>Does anybody have any clues?
>>
> 
> 
> Is it possible at all to export a disk -- and partition it -- in a domain other
> than domain 0? I don't think so...

In domain 0 I have my images (that are on a san).  I export in domain 0 
the following:
disk=['phy:mapper/itext,sda,w']


Thanks for your reply!
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Rudy Gevaert          Rudy.Gevaert at UGent.be          tel:+32 9 264 4734
Directie ICT, afd. Infrastructuur  Direction ICT, Infrastructure dept.
Groep Systemen                     Systems group
Universiteit Gent                  Ghent University
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