Re: [libvirt-users] Using a Windows partition as libvirt media
On 06/13/2013 08:48 PM, Roland Giesler wrote:
Surely there must be someone here that knows how to do this? Maybe
someone that has used some other partition type in this way?
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Roland Giesler <roland(a)giesler.za.net> wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu desktop 12.10 with libvirt and virt-manager (gui).
>
> I have been led to believe that it is possible to use and existing partition
> as the disk storage volume for a virtual machine.
>
> The windows partition is /dev/sda2, but if I use fs: Pre-formatted Block
> Device I can select the partion. What I can't figure out is how to tell the
> vitual machine to use this volume.
>
If I'm not mistaken, the fact that it is only a partition (and not whole
disk), you cannot passthrough it to the guest as a lun, but that
shouldn't be a problem for you.
> I tried with virt-manager, but the only options I have are
>
> * Local media
> * Network install
> * Network Boot
> * Import Existing Disk Image
>
You should be able to safely select the last option and
virt-{install,manager} will detect that it is a block device and use
<disk type='block' device='disk'> for the disk.
Martin
> How can I do this?
>
> regards
>
> Roland Giesler
>