[Bug 227913] New: Yast partitioner fails to detect/accept specific XEN devices
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 Summary: Yast partitioner fails to detect/accept specific XEN devices Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Xen AssignedTo: cgriffin@novell.com ReportedBy: Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de QAContact: qa@suse.de When setting up XEN disk mappings for maybe "sda" on a file and hda being a CD-ROM, the partitioner does not display "sda" as a device and suggests to add partitions to "hda" instead. Likewise, mapping LVM LVs containing filesystems as partitions (like "sda1", "sda2" (without having a "sda" "harddisk")) does not work (not displayed in Yast). Example: disk = [ 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-root,sda1,w', 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-swap,sda2,w' ] -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 lbendixs@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |lbendixs@novell.com AssignedTo|cgriffin@novell.com |carnold@novell.com ------- Comment #1 from lbendixs@novell.com 2006-12-12 08:35 MST ------- Charles, Isn't that field "free form" capable? Meaning, I think you can just type in whatever you want and that the drop down list is just some of the possible options? just a thought -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 carnold@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Summary|Yast partitioner fails to |Yast2-vm: Yast partitioner fails to |detect/accept specific XEN |detect/accept specific XEN devices |devices | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 ------- Comment #3 from Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de 2006-12-13 00:04 MST ------- The field for disk configuration in VM setup actually allows free form input, and I guess the devices are evenactivated, but the problem is that YaST2 partitioner does not display those. Only items displayed can be formatted or mounted during installation. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 carnold@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|carnold@novell.com |ccoffing@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW ------- Comment #4 from carnold@novell.com 2007-01-17 10:33 MST ------- Reassigned to Chuck for consideration in the new management tool. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 ccoffing@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #5 from ccoffing@novell.com 2007-01-29 15:25 MST ------- The original bug is actually a usage error. The disk line in the original description gives two (virtual) partitions to the VM. The guest Linux kernel fakes a partition table in memory, to "adopt" these virtual partitions. However, there is no physical device to write a partition table to! So of course YaST can't let you partition anything. If the disk line were instead: disk = [ 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-root,sda,w', 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-swap,sdb,w' ] then YaST would let you partition them. Or with the new device names, that would be: disk = [ 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-root,xvda,w', 'phy:/dev/system/vm1-swap,xvdb,w' ] Note: disks are now (starting in SLES 10 SP1) always given to PV SLES as type xvdX rather than sdX or hdX. The YaST partitioner recognizes these. Also, the new tool doesn't let you specify a virtual partition to give to the VM; you can only give entire virtual devices to the VM. This helps avoid these sorts of usage errors. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227913 ------- Comment #6 from Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de 2007-01-30 00:21 MST ------- The initial report (comment #0) actually mentions two situations: The first one is definitely no usage error, and the second one is a matter to discuss: It works perfectly when YaST is not involved. In the second case I don't expect YaST to write partition tables, but I'd expect YaST to let me assign mount points for existing partitions (or to chose to change the file system type, etc.), because without mount points you cannot install. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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