[Fedora-xen] Re: easy way to configure domU

Olivier Renault orenault at redhat.com
Thu Jul 19 16:52:01 UTC 2007


> 
> One thing, though - if you're using full virtualization (as we are, 
> under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), can you still use the console? I've 
> been trying to start the base domU using 'xm create domainname -c', but 
> it just bounces me to a '?' prompt that doesn't allow any input, and the 
> only way I can get out of it is to use another connection to shutdown 
> the domain. I've also tried using 'xm console domainname' to connect to 
> the domain when it is already running, but I get the same response.

if you are using full virt the -c will not worked.

You can still mount the partition from the VM directly on your system. 
You may want to look at kpartx ( if you are using lvm in your guest )/ 
lomount ( if no LVM in guest ) to achieve it.

Regards,
Olivier




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