Re: [CentOS] Assign external esata drive to KVM

On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 17:32 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:

Disks don't have labels, partitions do. You don't see a partition in the KVM guest because the guest is trying to read a partition table from inside the partition that you're exporting.

Doh! I should have known that.

Instead, use one of the IDs in /dev/disk/by-id. You should see an ID that indicates the disk's model and serial number, which is usable for your purpose.

Most awesome - worked! Thanks a lot for the solution.

NB: I did see the disk IDs when I was trying to fix the problem myself and before I emailed the list. But, for some reason or another I didn't actually give it a go.

Regards,

Ranbir