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Re: [Xen-users] block-attach on dom0 missing

To: Tanuj Bansal <bansal.tanuj83@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] block-attach on dom0 missing
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:17:48 +0200
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:33:37PM +0530, Tanuj Bansal wrote:
>    I have one domU using the disk file tanuj.dsk
> 
>    [root@tanuj-xen-new virtual]# cat /etc/xen/tanuj
>    name = "tanuj"
>    uuid = "3d9ab75d-e08f-bac9-b56c-1cd6a43d1e35"
>    maxmem = 300
>    memory = 300
>    vcpus = 4
>    bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
>    on_poweroff = "destroy"
>    on_reboot = "restart"
>    on_crash = "restart"
>    vfb = [  ]
>    disk = [ "tap:aio:/virtual/tanuj.dsk,xvda,w", "phy:/dev/sda11,xvdb,w" ]
>    vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:32:e9:5f,bridge=xenbr0" ]
>    [root@tanuj-xen-new virtual]#
> 
>    and this domU has disk /dev/xvda1 mounted at /boot
> 
>    [root@tanuj ~]# df -h /boot
>    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>    /dev/xvda1             99M   13M   81M  14% /boot
>    [root@tanuj ~]#
> 
>    now I am trying to attach that /dev/xvda1 on my dom0
> 
>    #  xm block-attach 0 tanuj.dsk /dev/xvda1 w 0
> 
>    Now I can see the attached device in xm list --long
>

<snip>

> 
>    But I am not able to locate that disk /dev/xvda1 on my dom0 and how can i
>    mount it even if my domU is down
> 
>    I know that the /dev/xvda1 data can be taken by using losetup and kpartx
>    but need to know about this
> 

Why do you need this? just use kpartx (no need for losetup), it's much
easier and it works.

-- Pasi


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