http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=365688#c24
--- Comment #24 from James Fehlig
Improved XEN VBD detection for openSUSE 11.3 by looking at devtype. Should fix the problem.
Hmm, I'm not sure if this problem is really fixed *and* no regressions introduced, but it's hard to tell without seeing the change (patch). As mentioned in #22, /sys/block/xvd*/device/devtype has nothing to differentiate between a "whole disk" and simply a partition. E.g. from a SLES11 guest using a file-backed "whole disk" (xvda) I see # ls -d /sys/block/xvd* /sys/block/xvda # cat /sys/block/xvda/device/devtype vbd
From a SLES11 guest using 2 LVM volumes from dom0 presented to the guest as "partitions" (same configuration as reporter) I see
# ls -d /sys/block/xvd* /sys/block/xvda1 /sys/block/xvda2 # cat /sys/block/xvda1/device/devtype vbd # cat /sys/block/xvda2/device/devtype vbd So I don't see how this gives you the info needed to determine whether or not to allow partitioning of the device, etc. BTW, SLES11 will not install to such a configuration - so this bug applies to it as well. Once I get to the "Installation Settings" page in the installer the Partitioning summary says "No automatic proposal possible. Specify mount points manually in the 'Partitioner' dialog" Entering the 'Partitioner dialog' doesn't help since there are no devices at all listed. I can't find a way to specify manual mount points when absolutely no devices are detected. In a SLES10 SP2 guest with same disk configuration I see xvda1 and xvda2 in the partitioner and can specify the mount points manually. In other words, SLES10 SP2 guests work fine with the "LVM volumes as partitions" setup. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.