Hi Kai, --On 7. August 2008 20:31:22 +0200 Kai Schaetzl <maillists at conactive.com> wrote: > Dirk H. Schulz wrote on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:47 +0200: > >> Do you have any other idea? > > Do you want to regularly access it that way or do you just need to access > the files onetime? > I do not like this xvda stuff at all. So I created a basic setup with > virt-install You are talking about a basic vm installation to a partition instead of an image file? > and copied all content off (I don't know what I used, I > assume cp or rsync or so). I used these files for a new VM based on ext3 > formatted disks (you can either use files or LV). Can be done within 15 > minutes or so. I tweaked that a bit to my liking and now use it as a > template for new VMs. As the disks are ext3 I can now easily access the > drives by mounting that LV. I should have done that. I always did it when I compiled xen on my own using Debian. Now I tried to use the easy way the RedHat tools suggest, but more and more I come to regret it. If they work at all you one way or the other do not like the outcome. Dirk