[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] propagating blktap partition changes
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:52:56AM +0100, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Hi, > > I have 2 questions: > > 1. I was not able to let the guest know that the partition size was changed. > 2. I was not able to use block-attach with the same backendfile to different > machines (eg: guest + dom0) > > I've read that block-reconfigure could've been used for this, except that it > wasn't designed to work for filebased vbd on PVs, only for switching CDROMs > in HVM > > When you use a local disk on a machine, you can use fdisk to change > partitions > and sizes, it then rereads the partition table to reflect those changes. > > Since i'm not using a disk, but directly partitions, isn't it possible to > just > give a signal to the guest that it should recheck the partition? can be from > the guest itself. > > Some kind of workaround? > Sorry, this is not possible. There's a a feature request about it for Xen 3.4. Dunno if it will be implemented. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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