[CentOS-virt] img partitioning & swap

Sun Nov 1 09:51:51 UTC 2009
Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>

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