On 2009-06-02T10:28:04, Zhang Weiwu
do people know a virtual machine software that can improve performance by making use of a separate harddisk instead of a disk image?
Any and all can do that. Just point it at using a device name instead of the file path. Xen, KVM, VirtualBox, VMWare ... They just use it for backing storage, and internally convert the file based images to block devices anyway. I'd suggest to put the images on partitions or logical volumes though, which makes them easier to manage and expand. Regards, Lars -- SuSE Labs, OPS Engineering, Novell, Inc. SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org