[CentOS-virt] img partitioning & swap

Sun Nov 1 18:48:32 UTC 2009
Adam <adam0x54 at gmail.com>

There is no need for a second img to use as swap right?

-Adam

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dennis J. <dennisml at conversis.de> wrote:

> On 11/01/2009 10:51 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> > On 11/01/2009 08:37 AM, Brett Worth wrote:
> >> Christopher G. Stach II wrote:
> >>
> >>>> I'd recommend not using LVM inside the images because if you just have
> >>>> a raw disk image in
> >>>> there with regular partitions you can mount it on dom0 (with losetup)
> >>>> for maintenance.  I
> >>>> don't think that would be possible with LVM.
> >>>>
> >>> But it is.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I guess that's informative so why don't I feel informed? :-)
> >>
> >> OK.  I'll bite.  How?
> > using the procedure described at
> >
> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-How_To_troubleshoot_Red_Hat_Virtualization-Accessing_data_on_guest_disk_image.html
>
> It should be mentioned that it's important not to accept the default volume
> group name when using LVM as that will lead to a collision in a case such
> as this where the VG name of both host and guest might end up beeing
> "VolGroup00". I hope RHEL/Centos 6 chooses better defaults based on the
> hostname for example.
>
> Regards,
>    Dennis
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