Re: [Xen-users] Convert CentOS system to Xen image?

[Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx>]

On Mi, Apr 02, 2008 at 08:41:40 -0400, James Pifer wrote:
> Attempted to do this using netcat + ssh and here's my next problem. The
> CentOS server is using LVM, so instead of getting an img file of around
> 8 gig that I expected, I got one that is 18 gig, or the size of the LV. 


If you use netcat (and dd), you will get image
with the size of underlying harddisk.

(not LV, but whole disk).


What command have you use to copy image?

If you use line

    cat /dev/DEVICE | nc ...

what do you specify as the DEVICE?


> 
> I tried it anyway and I get a valid boot sector not found. 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> James 
> 
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